President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He assured that the increase in cases of covid-19 Currently in Mexico, the situation is not as serious as what was experienced at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, and he even assured that there have been no deaths from this cause.
“It is nothing significant, certainly nothing to do with what we suffered and endured, how unfortunate Covid was during the pandemic, at its worst moments, nothing to do with that,” said the president from the room where he is leading the security meeting with his cabinet that was open to the press today.
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The president said that in the case of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and dengue the numbers are not that high. “There is Covid, but there is not much contagion and the most important thing is that it is not as serious as the case was, fortunately we do not have deaths, deaths from Covid,” he said.
Covid-19 cases are on the rise in Mexico
In recent weeks, an increase in cases of covid-19 has been reported in Mexico, especially in Mexico City, an entity in which more infections by said virus have been reported due to the variants of Omicron KP.2 and KP.3.
In the most recent report from the Ministry of Health, it was reported that so far in 2024 there are 10,217 cumulative cases of covid-19 and 411 deaths due to this disease. In epidemiological week 30, from July 21 to 27, 948 cases and 13 deaths were reported.
The entities with the highest number of infections, in addition to Mexico City, are:
- New Lion
- Querétaro
- Mexico state
- Puebla
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