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Through a statement, the Querétaro Health Secretariat confirmed that this Sunday the first death by coronavirus occurred in the entity. As reported by the agency, it is a 58-year-old man who had been hospitalized.
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So far, a total of 26 positive cases have been registered in Querétaro, of which, only three patients had to be hospitalized.
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“One of them, with mild symptoms, continues home treatment; another remains serious with the support of a ventilator, and the third, who was in serious condition, died (58-year-old man) “, explained the Secretariat.
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Regarding the first fatality, the health authorities did not specify whether he had any previous pathology. However, they did confirm that There is a new suspected case of coronavirus that is also hospitalized with a complicated clinical picture.
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“There is a new serious patient with mechanical ventilation that is in study of Covid-19 disease ”, he expressed.
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The rest of the patients suffer from mild symptoms and are treated on an outpatient basis. Three of them have already been discharged.
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Querétaro was not the only entity that registered its first death by coronarivus in the last hours. Also in Morelos the first death by Covid-19 occurred, as reported in the early hours of this Sunday the governor of the state, Cuauhtémoc Blanco, through a message on social networks.
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“With great sadness we communicate to the public the first death from COVID-19 in Morelos. This is a 37-year-old man receiving medical attention in Cuernavaca, had a history of travel to the US. Our most sincere condolences to family and friends, ”reported the executive leader.
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In total, the entity has registered four positive cases and 25 suspects.
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With the deaths in Querétaro and Morelos there are already 18 deaths in the country due to the pandemic. Thus, it was added to the deaths registered in Mexico City (7), Durango (1), Hidalgo (1), Jalisco (3), Michoacán (1), Quintana Roo (1), and San Luis Potosí.
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The first death was recorded in Mexico City on Wednesday, March 18. In a period of 11 days, the figure rebounded until reaching this Sunday, March 29, a total of 17. This, together with the rapid spread of the virus in the country, which already has 848 confirmed cases and 2,623 suspects, this Saturday took the undersecretary of health of the federal Health Secretariat, Hugo López-Gatell, to remind the population the importance of staying home these days.
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“It is not desirable in the management of the epidemic to reach extreme situations, such as those we see in Europe, where states of emergency are formally declared and constitutional guarantees are suspended and public force is used to reinforce public health measures. We make an energetic, emphatic and unmistakable call to stay home. It is the best way that we voluntarily and consciously decided to all stay at home, “said López-Gatell.
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“We are already in a period of accelerated, exponential increase in the number of cases. Since the second week of March there has been an accelerated growth in daily cases, we have not exceeded a thousand; Although growth is very accelerated, we still have the opportunity to curb infections, “he stressed.
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Previous pathologies such as diabetes or hypertension complicate recovery
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Worldwide, the coronavirus has so far caused 31,918 deaths. And in Mexico, in just over a week, the number of deaths has multiplied rapidly.
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According to the information provided by the different state health secretariats, at least 12 of the 17 deceased in the Republic suffered from hypertension, diabetes or smoking. Three conditions that complicated his recovery.
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“People who suffer from diseases such as: diabetes, hypertension, morbid obesity, kidney failure, lupus, cancer, heart and respiratory diseases, as well as transplants, older adults over 60 years of age, pregnant people and those who are in charge of caring for their daughters and sons under the age of 12 must make family shelter at home, “explains in his Daily Technical Report the Secretary of Federal health.
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