César Cubero
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon / 04.10.2024 18:52:00
During week 38 of 2024, 5 positive cases of covid-19 were registered in Nuevo León, the second lowest amount in the year, according to data from the National Epidemiological Bulletin.
To date, the week with the fewest infections detected in the entity was week one with 3, now followed by week 38 with 5, week 17 with 8, and weeks 12 and 36 with 9, respectively; only weeks below ten weekly cases.
According to the authority, in the year there were 1,115 positive cases of Covid-19 in Nuevo León, a figure 45.82 percent lower than that reported in 2023, in which a total of 2,000 accumulated by week 38. 58 infections detected.
On the other hand, 65.47 percent of the cases in the year were registered in women, with 730, and 34.53 percent in men, with 385.
It should be noted that in the first 38 weeks of 2024, only three of them exceeded 100 cases of covid-19 in Nuevo León, with 141 in week 29 being the highest number in the year, second place being 130 in week 30. , and in third the 117 in week 31.
At the national level, in week 38, 129 detected infections were reported, with Mexico City leading with 21, followed by the State of Mexico and Querétaro with 12 in each of these states.
Thus, there will now be 13,660 positive cases of Covid-19 in Mexico in the year 2024, of which 8,161 were in women and 5,499 in men.
While by week 38 of 2023, there was a cumulative 18,347 infections detected in the country, that is, a decrease this year in the incidence of covid-19 of 25.55 percent.
Two cases of monkeypox reported in Mexico
On the other hand, the data from the Bulletin prepared by the general directorate of epidemiology of the Ministry of Health at the federal level show that in week 38, only two cases of monkeypox were registered in Mexico, both in the state of Baja California Sur.
As a result, there will be a total of 86 patients treated for this disease in the country in 2024, 78 men and 8 women; Of that accumulated, only one case reported in Nuevo León, of a male person.
