Map of the coronavirus in Mexico February 22: there are already more than 180,000 deaths and there are 21 states with an orange traffic light

In the last 24 hours, 310 new deaths and 3,104 cases were reported from COVID-19

With 310 new deaths and 3,104 cases registered in the last 24 hours , Mexico reached a total of 180,107 deaths and 2,041,380 accumulated infections from COVID-19, according to authorities from the federal Ministry of Health.

In a press conference from the National Palace, Gabriela Nucamendi Cervantes , director of Epidemiological Surveillance of Non-communicable Diseases, reported that from week 5 to 6 of 2021, the estimated case curve showed a 26% decrease , while that of people recovered also reported a decrease of 27% .

The specialist estimated that the national epidemic is made up of 53,409 active cases that began with signs and symptoms in the last 14 days (February 8 to 21) and that if they do not comply with all health measures, they could potentially contribute to transmission. of the virus.

In addition to this, he highlighted that the number of estimated active infections has already been exceeded by the number of people who received the complete coronavirus vaccination scheme (453,055).

In this sense, according to the technical document, Mexico City and the State of Mexico are the entities with the highest number of active cases, followed by Guanajuato, Querétaro, Nuevo León, Puebla, Jalisco, Tabasco, Morelos and San Luis Potosí; together they account for 78% of active cases in the country.

This is reflected in the colors of the epidemiological traffic light that will remain until this February 28, where Guerrero and Guanajuato are the only entities in red (maximum risk); Campeche, Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Tamaulipas and Tabasco in yellow (medium risk); and only Chiapas in green (low risk).

In orange (high risk): Mexico City, State of Mexico, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Baja California Sur, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas and Quintana Roo. At the moment, no entity has changed its color.

Regarding people hospitalized because of the COVID-19 disease, Nucamendi Cervantes indicated that the occupation at the national level was 34%.

However, according to the Serious Acute Respiratory Infection Network (SARI) there are 21,127 general beds available and 10,321 (33%) occupied mainly in Mexico City with 60%; Puebla with 53%; and the State of Mexico with 53%; the rest of the states concentrate less than 50% of occupation.

Meanwhile, of the 11,129 beds with mechanical ventilators for the most critical COVID-19 patients, 4,106 (37%) are occupied in the country, mainly in Mexico City with 62%; the rest of the 31 states have less than 50% hospital occupancy.

Regarding deaths caused by complications of the disease, Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Puebla, Nuevo León, Veracruz, Baja California, Sonora and Coahuila rank as the 10 entities that have registered the highest number of deaths and that together represent more than half (64.5%) of all those in the country.

In addition, until yesterday there were 20,317 suspicious deaths from COVID-19, including those pending by laboratory (n = 4,134) and those that are in the process of association-clinical-epidemiological opinion (n = 16,183) in SISVER.

With the above figures, Mexico ranks thirteenth in the world in number of infections and third with the most deaths from the pandemic, behind the United States and Brazil, according to the US Johns Hopkins University.

The federal government has applied 1,689,158 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 in the country, but yesterday, 16,738 people were injected with the antigen. On the other hand, the number of vaccines that have been lost adds up to 1,375 (0.8%).

With 83,037 vaccinations, CDMX covered 100% of the older adults of three municipalitiesClaudia Sheinbaum reported that the home brigades to apply the antigen will continue to operate this Friday

Claudia Sheinbaum, head of government of the City of Mexico , reported that this jueve s the completed 100% of vaccination against COVID-19 to adults over the mayoral Cuajimalpa de Morelos, Milpa Alta and Magdalena Contreras . In total, he noted, 83,037 doses were applied .

Through her Twitter account, the president thanked the health workers of the main public institutions, the citizens and the servants of the city and the nation for reaching the established goal.

In Cuajimalpa de Morelos, 28,439 citizens were inoculated (106% of the population registered in the National Electoral Institute); in La Magdalena Contreras the antigen was applied to 40,535 individuals (103%); and in Milpa Alta, 14,063 (83%) people received the dose of AstraZenca-Oxford.

To carry out the vaccination operation in these districts, the capital government had the collaboration of the National Guard (GN), the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) and the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), for which Sheinbaum Pardo recognized his work.

Advancement of vaccination at the national level

Almost a year after the first case of coronavirus was presented in Mexico, the federal government has applied 1,318,055 doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 in the country.

According to the daily report of the Ministry of Health (SSa), this Thursday, February 18, the antigen was injected into 217,432 people . In addition, the number of vaccines that have been lost adds up to 1,052 (0.13%).

Health personnel on the front line of the “battle” against COVID-19

In accordance with the guidelines established by the technical advisory group for the vaccine (GTAV) and the Ministry of Health, in the last cut 624,881 first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech antigen have been applied to health personnel who care for patients infected with the virus . Of this group, 249,217 individuals have received the complete scheme.

The 11 categories considered in this sector are: nursing, inhalotherapy, medicine, laboratory and chemistry, radiology, hospitality, cleaning and hygiene, ambulance operation, food handling, medical assistants and social work.

It is important to mention that there are around a million workers who treat infected people, so the percentage covered with the second injection is 24.92.