Ruy López Ridaura, General Director of the National Center for Preventive Programs and Disease Control of the Ministry of Health, reported that the number of people who died from the coronavirus amounts to 86,167 and confirmed cases total 851,227.
The federal official specified that the positivity percentage of the virus for week 41 is 40% and the people studied amount to 2 million 183 thousand 272 people, of which one million 019 thousand 821 have tested negative.
With respect to suspected cases Without a sample, they total 176 thousand 840 cases, of which 98 thousand 184 are suspects without possibility of result, while 37 thousand 200 have possibility of result.
López Ridaura pointed out that, regarding the hospital occupation, There are 28,196,000 beds ready nationwide for general patient care, of which 19,980 are available, while 8,216 have been occupied, that is, 29%.
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Being the state of Chihuahua the entities with the highest occupancy with 62%, New Lion ranks second with 59%, Drawor with 54%, Nayarit with 50%, while Mexico City has the fifth place with the highest occupancy in this category with 45%.
On the other hand, on the occupation of beds with a fan for the care of critical patients Throughout the country, there are 10 thousand 469 beds, of which 7 thousand 890 are available and 2 thousand 579 are occupied, that is, 25%.
In this segment, Chihuahua appears again with the first place, with 65% occupancy, Aguascalientes and Colima both with 47%, in fourth place is Nuevo León with 43% and Mexico City with 41%.
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