In the midst of the third wave of COVID in Mexico, the Ministry of Health did not release the national epidemic traffic light as every two weeks, however, this weekend, at least five states have announced that they fell back in the risk color.
Such is the case of the state of Sinaloa, which, given the increase in cases of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, announced that it will turn red as of Monday, July 19. According to data from the State Secretary of Health, this Saturday registered 675 new COVID cases, 20 deaths and 4,058 infections remain active.
The Mexico state He also announced that the entity will go to a yellow traffic light, after remaining green for two weeks, amid the rebound in positive cases in the country due to the third wave of the new coronavirus. According to the latest report, made on Friday, the territory registered 161 thousand 848 positive cases and an accumulated 21 thousand 166 deaths.
On the other hand, Michoacan announced this Saturday that it will return to yellow due to the increase in positive cases of COVID-19 in the entity. According to the latest information cut, this state registered 242 new cases of the virus.
Likewise, the Health authorities of San Luis Potosi informed that they will return to the yellow traffic light. This day the entity registered the highest number of infections with 154 new infected people. The territory also reported three new deaths and 571 suspected cases.
Through his official Twitter account, the governor of Oaxaca, Alejandro Murat, announced that due to the increase in COVID cases due to the third wave in the entity, it was decided to go back to yellow at the risk traffic light. “Unfortunately the pandemic is not over and we must continue to take care of ourselves,” he said.
Meanwhile, according to the latest report, Mexico registered 12,631 new positive cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, thus adding up to a total of 2 million 654 thousand 699 estimated accumulated cases.
The country also added 225 new deaths due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, accumulating a total of 236 thousand 240.
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