Mexico City /
Mexico adds 84,420 deaths from SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and 93,907 accumulated confirmed cases, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health released by Jose Luis Alomy, Director of Epidemiology.
The official also reported that 93 thousand 907 people are suspects with no possibility of result, 173 thousand 348 suspects without sample and 35 thousand 690 are suspects with possibility of result.
Hospital occupation due to coronavirus
Allomy reported that as of October 12, hospital occupancy is 10,978. Beds for general care have an occupancy of 29%, while the occupancy of beds with a fan is 25%.
Coronavirus in Mexico compared to the world
Allomy reported that Mexico is in place 71 in the world, by accumulated cases of coronavirus, while in accumulated deaths per million inhabitants it occupies the tenth place.
Tuberculosis
Santa Elizabeth Ceballos Liceaga, Director of the Epidemiological Surveillance of Communicable Diseases, explained that tuberculosis is a disease caused by bacteria and that an infected person without diagnosis and without treatment, it can infect up to 15 people in a year. This disease is curable and preventable by the BCG vaccine.
In the same way, Fatima Leticia Luna López, director of the National Program for the Prevention and Control of tuberculosis, said that the diagnosis of tuberculosis is non-invasive and treatment is free in the health sector.
Symptoms of tuberculosis
- Cough with phlegm for more than 15 days
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Fatigue
Guideline on visits to cemeteries for Day of the Dead
Hugo Lopez-Gatell commented that a guideline for visitation, permanence, or, where appropriate, the closure of cemeteries within the framework of the Day of the Dead will be announced shortly, since he said “it would not be surprising that in the midst of this adverse situation, now are moments most important for families to reconcile spiritually with their deceased ones. “
“In some conditions (the guideline) could require the closure of cemeteries, in others there would be talk of permanence with health security protocols.”
National coronavirus traffic light
In the actual epidemiological traffic light for coronavirusSARS-CoV-2, there are 17 states in orange, 14 in yellow and only Campeche is in green.
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