Mexico adds 196 thousand 606 deaths from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and 2 million 376 thousand 875 estimated cases, according to the report of the Ministry of Health released by José Luis Alomía, director of Epidemiology.
National coronavirus traffic light
In the current epidemiological traffic light for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, there are 0 states in red, 8 in orange, 21 in yellow and 3 in green.
There is no entity that has more than 50% hospital occupancy: Ssa
Of 32,078 total beds, there are 24,604 available and 7,474 are occupied. Only 6 states have 30% and 49% hospital occupancy.
Out of 11,138 total fan beds, 8,159 are available and 2,979 are occupied. Only 9 entities have between 30% and 49%, as well as 23 states with less than 30%.
This March 18, 158,029 covid-19 vaccines were applied. The accumulated advance of doses is 4 million 947 thousand 552; which represents a 61% percentage advance with respect to the number of vaccines that have reached Mexico and the inoculants applied.
There are 36,851 older adults who have already received a second dose: Ssa
During the conference, the number of older adults who already have their complete vaccination schedule was presented, which is 36 thousand 851, while 3 million 447 thousand 555 have received the first dose.
Similarly, it was announced that 1,086 municipalities have had access to the covid-19 vaccine for older adults.
The Undersecretary of Health assured that the allocation of vaccines in all states is being very uniform.
” It is touching all the states in a very uniform way. Everyone is playing between 22% and 25% for all entities, ” he said.
On the other hand, 17 thousand 463 teachers from Campeche already have an application of the vaccine and 17 thousand 429 have received the booster.
” We will be starting the different technical details to select those entities that at this time could be susceptible to initiating vaccination in educational personnel.
Remembering that this is part of a larger element for the preparation of a school reopening, it does not mean that schools will open immediately after tomorrow’s work, ” López-Gatell mentioned.
Adults with disabilities will receive anticovid vaccine at home: Ssa
“To consider within the defined priority group, which are the elderly, consider all the mechanisms to attend in terms of vaccination, including home visits, to elderly people living with disabilities,” said the official.
He indicated that this vaccination program is historic in Mexico and the world, for this reason extraordinary measures must be used to achieve immunization of the priority group according to the vaccination scheme.
It is not a border closure, says López-Gatell
The Undersecretary of Health explained that Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and other Central American nations made a collaboration agreement to reduce the mobility of non-essential activities and thereby reduce the spread of covid-19 between countries.
” It is not a border closure, we must highlight it. It is a partial, temporary restriction of non-essential activities, ” stated López-Gatell.
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