Until this Sunday, February 6, the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico has left a balance of 309,546 deaths and 5,151,525 infections, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health. According to figures from the federal health authority, another 10,234 new cases and 129 deaths from coronavirus have been added in the last 24 hours. The number of cases shows a reduction compared to other Sundays since the beginning of the year, since it had remained above 11,000 cases, with the exception of Sunday, January 2, when only 1,671 infections were registered, but it is estimated that fewer were reported in registration for the year-end holidays.
Currently, the incidence rate of accumulated cases is 182,986 per 100,000 inhabitants, while the distribution by sex, in confirmed deaths, shows a male predominance of 62%. The median age is 64 years. The entities with the most infections are Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Nuevo León, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Tabasco, San Luis Potosí, Puebla, Veracruz and Sonora. Together they make up 64% of all accumulated cases in the country. In addition, there are 647,259 suspected cases of COVID in the country; 8 million 622,171 tested negative and there are an estimated 182,986 active cases. Until February 4, 2022, 386 million 548,962 infections (2 million 871,646 new cases) and 5 million 705,754 deaths (11,527 new deaths) are reported worldwide. The global lethality is 1.5%.
COVID traffic light
The Ministry of Health reported this Friday what the epidemiological traffic light and the COVID map will be for the period between February 7 and 20. Compared to the previous fortnight, the number of states at an orange traffic light increased from nine to 15; entities in yellow went from 10 to 13 and those in green saw a reduction from 12 to four. The capital of the country and the State of Mexico remain at a yellow epidemiological traffic light; this implies that the operation of economic and social activities will be with a capacity of 75%. The use of a face mask is mandatory in all closed public spaces and recommended in open spaces without the possibility of maintaining a healthy distance. In public transport it is also mandatory. states in green Tlaxcala Veracruz Chiapas Campeche states in yellow Baja California Sur Guanajuato Michoacán Hidalgo Guerrero Mexico State Mexico City Tlaxcala Puebla Oaxaca Tabasco Yucatán Quintana Roo states in orange Baja California Sonora Chihuahua Coahuila Nuevo León Tamaulipas Sinaloa Durango Zacateca San Luis Potosí Nayarit Jalisco Aguascalientes Colima Queretaro states in red Last fortnight, Aguascalientes was in red, but it advanced to orange for the period from February 7 to 20.