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The Mexican health authorities reported that there are already 3,181 cases confirmed by COVID-19 in national territory and 174 fatalities due to this condition. However, they consider that there could be eight times this amount, that is 26,519 unidentified infected in the country.
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Mexico City registers the highest number of infections with 855 infected, 132 new in 24 hours, also fatality with 39 deaths. Baja California it was now who ranked second in infections in one day with 89 new, 225 generals and also follows CDMX in fatality with 15 dead.
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Sinaloa occupies the next descending step with 13 dead, although the number of infections is 125, while the State of Mexico has 11 dead and 355 infected. Quintana Roo ranked fifth in lethality with 10 dead although it has 143 positives, while Puebla follows with nine dead and 183 infected.
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For the first time, moreover, since the epidemic began, the Ministry of Health (SSa) presented an estimate of total cases: there would be 26,519 throughout the country, that is, eight times more than those that have been confirmed. The calculation was made using so-called “sentinel surveillance” which was also used during the H1N1 influenza crisis.
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“It is a scientifically proven method of efficient surveillance. The system has been refined to recognize how the coronavirus epidemic behaves in the country”Said the undersecretary of Health, Hugo López-Gatell, who compared it to conducting a survey.
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58% of coronavirus-confirmed patients are male and 42% female. Also, the population sector over 65 years old already exceeds 400 cases to date, although the cases are distributed in a similar way among all those over 18 years of age.
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The Suspected cases are already 9,188. On the other hand, the negative cases are already 17,209. Therefore, 29,578 have been the great total of people studied.
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The Mexico City remains the red zone of the country, as it exceeded 800 cases on Wednesday and already accumulates 855 positives, as well as a balance of 39 coronavirus deaths. Among the positives, it is followed by the State of Mexico, with more than 300 cases, and Baja California, which today exceeded 200 cases.
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Baja California, for its part, became the second state of the Republic with the highest deaths, just behind the capital, with 15 deaths. Sinaloa accumulates 13 deaths and the State of Mexico accumulates 11.
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Of the positives for COVID-19, 71% of the cases are ambulatory and 29% have required hospitalization. Of the latter, 9.78%, that is, 311 people, are stable. 15.78%, which are 502 patients, are serious and 111 of the total, that is, 3.49%, have required intubation..
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Among the fatalities of the disease, 74% were men and 26% were women. In this section, the vast majority of deaths accumulate among those over 65: almost 60 of the patients who lost their lives were located in this range.
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Of the confirmed deaths, 43.68% had hypertension; 40.23% had diabetes; 37.36% were obese; smoking was also present in 12.07% of the dead. Furthermore, 8.62% suffered from chronic renal failure and 8.05% suffered from COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
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By last, 5.75% had cardiovascular disease, 5.17% presented immunosuppression and 1.72% suffered from asthma.
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