Mexicali.- Due to the large biological vaccination coverage against COVID-19, Baja California maintains a favorable outlook and most cases have mild symptoms, as stated by the Secretary of Health, J. Adrián Medina Amarillas.
Given the proximity of the cold season, he said that “our commitment as the Ministry of Health is to continue with the vaccination program, we are making arrangements to send us more vaccine to be able to apply a booster dose to the elderly, especially those population groups. at higher risk to provide them with wider protection during the winter, “he stressed.
He recalled that vaccination days for girls and boys aged 5 to 11 continue to be active in strategic points of the body’s municipalities.
Medina Amarillas stressed that to take care of our health we can maintain constant hand washing, ventilate areas and the use of masks is optional.
He invited the population to keep up to date with the vaccination notices that are published on the official networks of the Ministry of Health and the media.
COVID-19 OVERVIEW
To date, 93 new confirmed cases have been reported, of which Tijuana has recorded 40 cases, Mexicali 28, Ensenada 20, Rosarito 3, San Quintín 2, Tecate and San Felipe have reported zero new cases. No deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours in the institution.
At the end of September 20, the active cases are distributed as follows: 94 in Mexicali, 221 in Tijuana, 93 in Ensenada, 3 in Tecate, 28 in Rosarito, 17 in San Quintín and zero cases in San Felipe, for a total of 456 cases active in the state.
To date, hospital employment in the Ministry of Health is 1.33% and in the IMSS it is 1.79% in cases of COVID; in general care in the SS it is 46.15% and in the IMSS it is 63.57%.
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Of the total number of active cases in the institution, 451 are treated on an outpatient basis and 9 people have requested hospitalization, of which 1 patient is assisted with a ventilator.
Baja California reports a total of 163,973 cases accumulated since the start of the pandemic, with a total of 12,278 deaths and 151,102 people cured.
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