Mexico registers 48 deaths and 970 coronavirus infections in one day

The Ministry of Health of Mexico reported this Sunday that the country registered 48 new deaths from covid-19 to reach 295,202 total deaths and 970 new infections for a total of 3,901,263.

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With these figures, Mexico remains the fourth country with the most deaths from covid-19, behind the United States, Brazil and India, and 15th in number of confirmed infections, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

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The country adds more than 17 consecutive weeks of decline in infections after a third wave that peaked between July and August.

The health authorities recognize that, based on the death certificates, the pandemic would be around 440,000 deaths in the country and estimate that Mexico actually accumulates 4,124,072 infections.

Of the number of cases, there are 21,067 active, who have presented symptoms during the last 14 days and account for 0.5% of the total.

The average occupancy of general beds in Mexican hospitals stands at 15% and the use of intensive care beds at 13%.

On Friday, Mexico detected the first case in the country of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in a person from South Africa who was admitted to a hospital with symptoms of covid-19.

The Mexican government strategist against the pandemic, Hugo López-Gatell, called for calm before the arrival of omicron to the country and assured that it is not a “more aggressive” variant.

VACCINATION PLAN

The authorities also indicated that within the vaccination program, which includes all those over 18 years of age, more than 134.4 million doses have been applied, adding 277,261 during the last day.

Of its 126 million inhabitants, 78.3 million adults have some dose of the vaccine and 65.4 million have completed their vaccination schedule.

Since the end of December 2020, 182 million vaccine doses have arrived in Mexico from the American companies Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna, the British AstraZeneca, the Russian Sputnik V and the Chinese CanSino and Sinovac.

The universal vaccination of adolescents began last week and it is expected that in the next few days the inoculation of booster doses for older adults will begin.

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