The Health Secretary reported this Friday that as of next Monday, March 21 and until April 3, the 32 states of Mexico they will be in the green color the Traffic light of Epidemic Risk by COVID-19.
Through a releasethe dependence He pointed out that in the epidemiological week being analyzed, the number of estimated cases decreased by 39 percent compared to the previous one. In the last 14 days, 16,566 people reported signs and symptoms of COVID-19, are considered active cases and represent 0.3 percent of the total registered since the start of the pandemic. Likewise, four million 922 thousand 781 people have recovered from the disease.
At the national level, the hospital network registers a 96 percent reduction in occupancy compared to the highest point of the epidemic in January 2021. In the last 24 hours, the demand for general and mechanical ventilator beds also decreased by one percentage point for stand at eight and five percent, respectively.
According to the National Vaccination Policy against the SARS-CoV-2 Virus for the Prevention of COVID-19 on Mexico. Guiding Document, available at http://bit.ly/3G51ZLi, this March 17, 509 thousand 164 vaccines were applied for a total of 188 million 160 thousand 158 doses in the 32 states since December 24, 2020.
The Daily Technical Report indicates that 85 million 502 thousand 104 people have been vaccinated. Of that total, 79 million 496 thousand 022, which is equivalent to 93 percent, have a complete scheme, and six million 006 thousand 082, that is, seven percent, received their first biological.
By age, 80 million 711 thousand 904 people over 18 years of age have at least one dose, which is equivalent to 90 percent; in addition, four million 790 thousand 200 adolescents from 14 to 17 years old, which represents an advance of 54 percent in this population group.
32 million 461 thousand 300 people over 30 years of age have received the booster vaccine, of which nine million 331 thousand 143 were applied to people over 60 years of age; 12 million 784 thousand 829 to those who are in the range of 40 to 59, and 10 million 345 thousand 328 to those of 30 to 39.
With information from López-Dóriga Digital