Mexico: Covid-19 - 658299 cases and 70183 deaths.

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Source: https://politica.expansion.mx/mexico...-y-332-decesos


COVID-19: Mexico adds 5,014 confirmed cases, 1,964 recovered and 332 deaths
The Ministry of Health reported that there are 9,341 people who are suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus.
Mon Apr 13, 2020 07:07 PM

The positive cases of coronavirus COVID-19 increased to 5,014, while the deaths already number 332, the Ministry of Health reported Monday.

Jos? Luis Alom?a Zegarra, general director of Epidemiology, reported at a press conference that there are also 9,341 suspected and 23,040 others were ruled out.

The deaths to date could be more since there are 84 deaths that are suspected to have originated from the new coronavirus strain, the official explained.

The agency announced that 1,964 people have recovered from the new coronavirus.

The country is preparing to enter Phase 3 of the epidemic, the most contagious, so that federal and state authorities apply tougher measures and mechanisms to avoid saturation of the medical service, such as the hiring of doctors and the provision of beds. of hospitals.

And although with the purchase of supplies from China, it was said that the supply of federal medical units would be guaranteed, doctors and nurses from public hospitals continue to protest the lack of protective equipment to care for COVID-19 patients.

In the conference of the daily cut on the advance of the disease, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, undersecretary of prevention and health promotion, said that the protection equipment has already been delivered and called on health workers to denounce whether it is not delivered to them.

V?ctor Hugo Borja Aburto, director of medical benefits of the IMSS, reported that a voucher will be given to those who are in charge of the areas where patients with the virus are cared for, with a cap of 20%, including stretcher bearers and custodial staff.

He reported that 20,000 health workers were sent to work from home to avoid infections, 9,000 of them with risky conditions, due to age or chronic diseases.

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Source: https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Mex...0414-0155.html

Mexico reaches 5,399 cases of COVID-19, with 406 deaths
At the close of this Tuesday, there are 10,792 suspected cases, and 23,900 negative
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April 14, 2020 - 7:19 p.m.

Jos? Luis Alom?a, general director of Epidemiology, reported in the daily report on the coronavirus that deaths in our country reached 406, while the number of those infected with COVID-19 rose to 5,399.

He added that there are 90 deaths in the category of suspects, that is, that it is not yet ruled out if they suffered from COVID-19.

At the close of this Tuesday, the national rate of confirmed cases is 4.22 per 100,000 inhabitants.

The states that lead the incidence rate of infections are Mexico City, Quintana Roo, Baja California and Baja California Sur.

Currently, CDMX leads the incidence rate of infections with a total of confirmed cases of COVID-19 of 1,556.

As of Monday, the Ministry of Health had confirmed 5,114 cases, 332 deaths and more than 9,000 suspected cases of coronavirus.

At an international level, it was announced today that the President of the United States, Donald *****, withdrew the funding that he contributes to the World Health Organization (WHO), after the president said, in recent days, that this organization was focused on China.

In Mexico, the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) reported that the school year will not be lost due to the coronavirus contingency.

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/america/mexi...s-confirmados/

Coronavirus in Mexico: 449 deaths and 5,847 confirmed cases
The country is preparing to enter the imminent phase 3 of the epidemic, where the number of infections is expected to intensify and accelerate; the authorities are already preparing for the worst stage
April 15, 2020

Mexican health authorities reported Wednesday that the number of coronavirus fatalities in the country amounts to 449 and the number of cases confirmed by COVID-19 is already 5,847.

The suspected cases are already 11,717 and the negative ones number 25,138 people, for a grand total of 42,702 patients studied.

The three states with the most positive numbers for COVID-19 are Mexico City, with 1,686 people, followed by the State of Mexico, with 659 infected, and Baja California, with 464 patients. Colima, with seven infected people, is the federative entity with the least positives so far.

"The contagion is increasingly accelerated," said the Undersecretary of Health, Hugo L?pez-Gatell. "Transmission in the country is geographically focused. That is, in urban areas. Surbubanas or rural areas do not yet have a very relevant transmission ”, he completed.

In contrast, the incidence rate of confirmed cases puts Baja California Sur in first place, with 20 infected per 100,000 inhabitants. It is followed by the Mexican capital and Quintana Roo, which have more than 15 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

Of all those infected in Mexico, 58% are men and the remaining 42% are women and, given the distribution by age group, “there is a predominance of mild cases among young adults and in older adults the frequency is higher in severe cases L?pez-Gatell added.

However, this does not mean that there are no serious cases among young adults or that there are no mild cases among older people. "Yes there are," said the official.

Among those infected so far, there are 64.32% of outpatient cases. Stable inpatients represent 11% of the total, that is, 643 people. For their part, serious cases are already 20.3%, which represents 1,187 patients. The intubated are 256, 4.38% of the total.

If suspected cases were counted alongside confirmed cases, the total number of people with outpatient cases would be 12,904. Those who are hospitalized stable are 1,757 and the serious amount to 2,481. The intubated ones would happen to 422 in total.

The total number of cases would rise, bringing together people suspected of COVID-19 and those who tested positive, would add 17,564 cases. The deaths, using the same sum, would make up a total of 541 deaths, since the suspects so far are 92 cases.

Finally, L?pez-Gatell announced "good news" in the midst of the health emergency that Mexico is undergoing: 2,282 people have already recovered from COVID-19, that is, 39% of patients who have contracted it so far and who tested positive.

With the imminent arrival of phase 3 due to the coronavirus epidemic in Mexico, which "is very close" to being enacted, according to L?pez-Gatell, hospitals are also preparing to care for dozens of those infected.

For this reason, the Ministry of Health (SSa) issued a document to the directors of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) which details how the application of the Hospital Reconversion will be, in which doctors, nurses, stretcher bearers, among others Members of the Institute must consider from phase 3 of contingency for COVID-19 in the country.

The document explains that some hospitals in the country will become COVID-19 units, and at least 184 will be available for patient care.

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/america/mexi...s-confirmados/

Coronavirus in Mexico: 486 deaths and 6,297 confirmed cases
L?pez-Gatell affirmed that the end of the first cycle of the epidemic is projected for the end of June
April 16, 2020

In Mexico, the number of cases of people infected with COVID-19 increased to 6,297 confirmed patients, reported the Ministry of Health (SSa). The death toll rose to 486.

Suspicious cases are 12,340, while negative cases are 26,511. In the country there is a total of 45,148 people studied.

Among the cases confirmed by federal entity, Mexico City is first with 1828 cases, the State of Mexico with 695 cases, and Baja California with 505 cases. Durango and Colima are the two states with the least, with 17 and seven cases, respectively.

The cumulative incidence rate is a comparison made with the population base. The largest is in Baja California Sur, Mexico City, and Quintana Roo, and the smallest in Durango and Chiapas.

Alomia affirmed that it is a "much better" way of comparing the effects on each of the states. The incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants in the country is 4.92.

Globally, with the global distribution of confirmed cases by WHO region, there are a total of 1,991,562 confirmed cases. Cases confirmed in the last 14 days, or those that are still active and contagious, represent 55% of the total. The percentage yesterday was 57%. The global case fatality rate remains at 6.6%.

The American continent hosts 44.8% of confirmed cases in the last 14 days, while Europe 46.6%. Alom?a explained that it is because countries on the European continent are in the downward phase.

A new map with the burden of municipal disease was presented: according to the Ministry of Health, there are 2,470 municipalities in Mexico, while the total of municipalities with at least one confirmed case of COVID-19 is 483 or 19.6%.

The National Sana Distance Day will focus on those municipalities and on the dates implemented and reported during the morning conference this Thursday. The municipal map will be updated daily with the cuts of the new cases. Alom?a asked to be "vigilant" between now and May 17, the first date set to restart activities based on the measures.

In the distribution of confirmed cases by patient type and age group, the highest number of outpatient cases are found in the ranges of 30 to 34 years and 35 to 39 years. It is from 60 to 64 years old that all hospitalized cases are older than outpatients, thus proving that age is a risk factor for developing a serious disease.

58% of confirmed patients in Mexico belong to men, while 42% are women.

64% of confirmed cases have been in outpatients, while 11.04% are stable hospitalized, 20.41% severe hospitalized, and 4.56% intubated hospitalized.

Of the 12,340 suspected cases in the country awaiting confirmatory results, 9,578 are classified as mild, 1,201 as stable, 1,393 as severe, and 168 as intubated. There are 101 suspicious deaths in the country, which after performing the confirmatory test can be identified by COVID-19.

Alomia demonstrated with a graph and reported that from April 6 and 7 a more stable trend could be observed regarding the number of deaths in Mexico.

Deaths associated with comorbidity and risk factors are hypertension (43.42%), diabetes (37.86%), obesity (37.72%), smoking (11.73%), lung diseases (10.70%), chronic kidney failure (6.79%), disease cardiovascular (6.79%), immunosuppression (5.97%), asthma (3.50%), and HIV or AIDS (0.41%).

Men continue to be the highest proportion of people who have died, with 70%, while 30% belong to women.

Within the graph of lethality and deaths by age group there are three: those under 25, those between 25 and 59, and those over 60. The rate is 0.3, 5.7, and 17.6, respectively.

The case fatality for confirmed cases in the country is 7.72, while by state entity it is higher in the state of Durango with 23.53 and Chihuaha with 21.30. The minor is in Aguascalientes with 2.82.

In the viral disease positivity index, the line of percentages of influenza cases begins high but falls from epidemiological week 11 and remains below. On the other hand, the COVID-19 positivity index has its highest point in week 15 with 21.68%. This week, the 16th, remains at 16.4

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Source: https://politica.expansion.mx/mexico...46-defunciones

Mexico reaches 6,875 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 546 deaths
The Ministry of Health announced that there are 6,875 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the 7:00 p.m. cutoff.
Fri 17 April 2020 07:09 PM
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The Ministry of Health reported a total of 6,875 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 578 more than yesterday, and 546 deaths, 60 more than Thursday's report.

At the press conference for the daily report of the epidemic, Jos? Luis Alom?a Zegarra, general director of Epidemiology, explained that Mexico City maintains the highest incidence rate of confirmed by COVID-19 per 100,000 inhabitants. So far, it has 2,080 cases; followed by the State of Mexico, with 754; and Baja California, with 536.

Just yesterday, the Ministry of Health announced the postponement of the National Day of Healthy Distance until May 30 in municipalities where there are many infections and on May 17 for places where transmission is controlled.

According to today's report, there are 501 municipalities with at least one confirmed contagion, which is equivalent to 20.4% of the 2,457 locations in total.

Although it was estimated that phase 3 of the COVID-19 epidemic would be announced, the announcement was regarding the current situation where there are more than 6,000 positive infected, but more than 55,000 estimated under the sentinel model.

The Undersecretary for Health Promotion and Prevention, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, explained that there is still a perception among citizens that the pandemic is not happening, because they do not have an acquaintance who is infected, but he emphasized that we are all at risk of being infected and that if they do not have a risk factor, it is possible that it will go unnoticed.

However, if you suffer from obesity, diabetes or any other type of comorbidity, there is a greater chance that an unfortunate outcome will be reached, which is why the insistence that they stay home and comply with mitigation measures, otherwise they will begin. to increase contagions.

"What happened to European countries is that the epidemic took them by surprise, and they continued to be in public spaces, and that caused an increase in infections," he explained.

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They add 468 intubated by Covid-19



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Hospitals in Mexico City, of all medical institutions, reached this week a historic level of intubated patients with respiratory diseases due to Covid-19, said the Head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum.

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/america/mexi...s-confirmados/

Coronavirus in Mexico: there are 650 deaths and 7,497 confirmed cases
L?pez-Gatell emphasized this Friday about the extreme need for the population to respect the period of quarantine and the Sana Distancia journey in light of the report that highlighted the increase in the mobilization of the population on the streets.
April 18, 2020


In Mexico, the number of cases of people infected with COVID-19 increased to 7,497 confirmed patients, reported the Ministry of Health (SSa) this Thursday. The death toll rose to 650.

The map of the 32 states is being painted yellow, said the undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo L?pez-Gatell. In the country there are 12,369 suspected cases, 29,301 negatives, and a total of 49,167 people studied ...

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/america/mexi...s-confirmados/

Coronavirus in Mexico: 686 deaths and 8,261 confirmed cases
The epidemic curve continues to rise sharply; however, the Ministry of Health explained that this was already planned
April 19, 2020



During the evening press conference on Sunday, April 19, the Ministry of Health (SSa) confirmed that in Mexico there are already 686 deaths from coronavirus, as well as 8,261 confirmed cases.

During the presentation of the technical report on the progress of COVID-19 in the country, which takes place daily at the National Palace at 7:00 p.m., Hugo L?pez-Gatell, undersecretary of prevention and health promotion, explained that the main cities According to their estimates, the country is and will continue to be the most affected by COVID-19, where Mexico City will be the region with the most cases.

After the national capital, the State of Mexico, Baja California, Sinaloa and Puebla are the entities with the most cases of the new coronavirus. Likewise, it reported the five entities with the fewest registered cases, which are Campeche, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Durango and Colima. Data that also coincide with the estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO), since this health institution exposed given the characteristics of the virus, where there is a higher concentration of the population, there will be more cases of COVID-19.

He also recalled that in the republic, there are several metropolitan regions with high rates of epidemic incidence, where the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico tops the list, but that metropolises such as Guadalajara, Monterrey, zone of the municipality of Benito Ju?rez should not be neglected in Quintana Roo, the northern and border region of Tijuana and Mexicali in Baja California, as well as La Paz in Baja California Sur, and Culiac?n, the capital of Sinaloa, derived from the fact that these localities have "a higher speed of transmission of the virus, due to a higher population rate ”.

L?pez-Gatell could not miss once again the opportunity to reiterate the importance of social isolation to combat the epidemic curve, and noted that despite the dissemination of contrary messages in the media or social networks, it is important to stay home.

Despite the fact that the epidemic situation in Mexico continues in Phase 2, the health authorities are already prepared for Phase 3, which is expected to be of massive contagion. For this reason, on Thursday, April 16, the Mexican government reported that the National Sana Distance Day will continue until May 30, that is, 30 days more than what was originally scheduled to maintain the mitigation measures of the coronavirus epidemic, as well as maintaining the protection of older adults and people prone to COVID-19 with stronger symptoms that could cause death.

Apart from the demographic older than 60 years of age, the most vulnerable people to this disease are pregnant women, obese people, hypertensive people, with diabetes or with a compromised immune system (people undergoing chemotherapy or who are patients living with HIV /AIDS).

Both Alom?a and L?pez-Gatell have reiterated that the deaths in Mexico are due to the fact that those infected with coronaviruses had at least two factors of the aforementioned, which occurred in very different ways and that do not make the older adults exclusive, since This week, the first death of a person under 25 was also recorded. This is a girl who had Down syndrome; The SSa undersecretary explained that this condition is often accompanied by problems in the heart, lungs and immune system, which ended up affecting the little girl who died on April 16.

According to official calculations, the highest number of infections is expected between May 3 and 10; however, the health authorities do not dismiss different pandemic scenarios and insist on social isolation policies to avoid the collapse of the institutions responsible for the health of Mexicans.

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Source: https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/pais/...20-abril-2020/

COVID-19 Report | April 20: Mexico adds 712 deaths and 8,772 infections
The Ministry of Health explained that of the total confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2 thousand 965 are active

By Heraldo de M?xico April 20, 2020

With a cut at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 20, in Mexico there are 8,772 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, reported the Ministry of Health (SSa), of which 2,965 are active.

In a press conference from the National Palace, Jos? Luis Alom?a, General Director of Epidemiology of the SSa, specified that to date 712 Mexicans have died from this virus.

At a conference, the official from the Ministry of Health gave the daily report on the new coronavirus, where he mentioned that Mexico City is the territory with the most deaths and confirmed cases.

Compared to yesterday's figures, this Monday 26 new deaths and 511 new confirmed cases are reported in the last 24 hours.

Likewise, Dr. Alom?a explained that this weekend the Americas region overtook Europe with 46% of the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world.

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Source: https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/pais/...21-abril-2020/

COVID-19 Report | April 21: Mexico adds 857 deaths and 9 thousand 501 infections
This Tuesday it was announced that Mexico is currently experiencing Phase 3 of the health contingency by COVID-19
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By Heraldo de M?xico April 21, 2020 ? 7:04 PM

With a cut at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 21, in Mexico there are 9,501 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the Health Secretariat (SSa) reported at the daily conference.

In a press conference from the National Palace, Jos? Luis Alom?a, General Director of Epidemiology of the SSa, specified that to date 857 people have died in Mexico from this virus.

Compared to yesterday's figures, 145 new deaths of people who had COVID19 are reported.

In a conference the general director of epidemiology Jos? Luis Alom?a explained that of the 9 thousand 501 confirmed cases, 3 thousand 185 are the active cases, that is to say those that were registered in the last 14 days and that can spread the infection.

Most of these active cases are concentrated in Mexico City, the State of Mexico and Baja California.

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Al 22 de abril de 2020 hay 10,544 casos confirmados y 7,706 casos sospechosos de #COVID19. Se han registrado 970 defunciones.

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Mexico exceeds 10 thousand cases of Covid-19, in one day more than a thousand are registered
The Mexican Health authorities updated the number of infected and deaths from Covid-19 this Wednesday, April 22.
Mexico City / 04.22.2020 19:08:38

The number of infections by Covid-19 in Mexico continues to increase and in the last 24 hours there were 1,043 new confirmed cases and this showed that there are already 10,544 people who are carriers of the Coronavirus.

In the case of deaths, there was also an increase of 113 people who died in the last 24 hours, a figure that reached 970 deaths, with people between 40 and 46 years of age having lost the most since the first case in the country

In a press conference, the undersecretary of health, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, affirmed that of the few more than 10,000 cases that have been presented, at least 3,618 are active in the last 14 days.

Mexico City is the state of the Republic that has the most confirmed cases and that also has the most deaths, followed by the State of Mexico, which is that they are the ones with the largest population.

On the other hand, in the world there are already two million 471 thousand 136 people who are infected, with America being the continent with the most cases because in Europe the number of infected begins to drop.

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/america/mexi...s-confirmados/

Coronavirus in Mexico: 1,069 deaths and 11,633 confirmed cases
The Undersecretary of Health, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, announced that it is estimated that 8 out of 10 critically ill Mexicans will die from COVID-19
April 23, 2020

In Mexico, the number of cases of people infected with COVID-19 increased to 11,633 confirmed patients, reported the Ministry of Health (SSa) this Thursday. The death toll rose to 1,069.

Jos? Luis Alom?a, General Director of Epidemiology, reported that there are 7,588 accumulated suspected cases and 39,664 accumulated negative cases. In the country there are 4,127 confirmed active cases and a total of 58,885 people studied.

The confirmed cases accumulated by state entity as of April 23 are: 3,157 in Mexico City, 1,734 in the State of Mexico, and 1,085 in Baja California. Durango, with 38, and Colima, with 16, are the states with the lowest numbers.

The active epidemic, the cases confirmed in the last 14 days, is concentrated in Mexico City with 1,268 cases, the State of Mexico with 642, and Baja California with 290. The least amount is found in San Luis Potos?, with 13, and Colima, with seven.

The incidence rate of active cases in Mexico is 3.22 per 100,000 inhabitants. By state, the highest rates are in Mexico City, Tabasco, and Baja California; and the least in Jalisco and San Luis Potos?.

Alomia also reported that the graph of the accumulated active cases by date of onset of symptoms, from April 10 to 22, is "maintained": with around 4,000 cases in the last four or five days.

On the other hand, within the accumulated deaths by state entity from March 18 to April 23, Mexico City is the entity with the highest number, followed by Baja California and the State of Mexico. The three states with the fewest deaths are Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, and Colima.

Within the graph of confirmed and suspected cases by date of onset of symptoms and date of registration, Alom?a stated that the trend of confirmed cases can continue or continue depending on the results of people with suspected cases.

Mexico is approaching the most difficult part of the pandemic, assured the World Health Organization (WHO), a panorama that is beginning to be perceived in the country that already registered the first day of the pandemic with more than a thousand infections in the past 22 of April.

The undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, announced this Wednesday that it is estimated that 8 out of 10 critically ill Mexicans will die from COVID-19.

Critically ill people, who have severe respiratory failure, will require intensive therapy treatment with mechanical ventilatory support, that is, intubation. But the percentage of people who could lose the battle against the disease is between 70 and 80%.

On April 21, during the morning conference of President Andr?s Manuel L?pez Obrador, it was decreed that Mexico is formally in phase 3 of the coronavirus pandemic.

It will be necessary to maintain and extend the National Sana Distancia Day until May 30, 2020, in addition to the immediate suspension from March 30 to May 30, 2020 of non-essential activities to decrease the burden of the disease.

The authorities informed that it is necessary to continue respecting the orders of Sana Distancia in order to keep the number of infected people as small as possible and maintain availability of beds and resources for patients who require it.

If there is doubt about the symptoms, you can go to the information mechanisms: 800-004-4800 and 911 and Susana Distancia through WhatsApp.

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Source: https://www.debate.com.mx/salud/Coro...0424-0234.html

Coronavirus in Mexico: 1,221 dead and 12,872 cases today April 24
As of April 24, the Ministry of Health of Mexico reports 12,872 confirmed cases and 1,221 deaths from Covid-19
By Lupita Haro April 24, 2020

CDMX.- The Ministry of Health of Mexico detailed in the Daily Technical Release of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) as of April 24, 12,872 confirmed cases and 1,221 deaths from the Covid-19 disease in the country.

Jos? Luis Alom?a, general director of Epidemiology, reported that there are 4,502 confirmed active cases and 7,889 suspects that have accumulated, the first with a study start date of 14 days.

The cases confirmed as of April 24 in Mexico are distributed in different entities: Mexico City (3532); State of Mexico (1992); Baja California (1156); Sinaloa (690); Tabasco (649); Quintana Roo (519); Puebla (454); Coahuila (317); Veracruz (288); Jalisco (263); Nuevo Leon (260).

Likewise, Yucatan accumulates (248); Baja California Sur (247); Chihuahua (212); Tamaulipas (204); Guanajuato (193); Michoac?n (177); Guerrero (171); Hidalgo (155); Sonora (150); Aguascalientes (146); Morelos (146); Tlaxcala (112); Chiapas (104); Quer?taro (103); Oaxaca (89); San Luis Potos? (72); Campeche (60); Nayarit (56); Zacatecas (51); Durango (40); Colima (16).

Jos? Luis Alom?a highlighted that in Mexico 1,221 patients have died from Covid-19 and 77 patients suspected of the disease.

The states with the most deaths as of April 24 are Mexico City, Baja California, Mexico State, Sinaloa and Tabasco.

As of April 24, 2020, 2,626,321 confirmed cases (81,529 new cases) of SARSCoV-2 and 181,938 deaths (6,260 new deaths) have been reported worldwide.

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Coronavirus in Mexico: 1,305 deaths and 13,842 confirmed cases
The undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, was disappointed and launched a strong complaint to those who have attacked health workers physically or psychologically
April 25, 2020


In Mexico, the number of cases of people infected with COVID-19 increased to 13,842 confirmed patients, reported the Ministry of Health (SSa) this Saturday. The death toll rose to 1,305.

In this context, this Friday they confirmed that the numbers of workers in the health sector infected with the COVID-19 disease also continues to grow excessively, as expected during the third phase of the epidemic.

They revealed that as of yesterday there were 1,934 health workers infected with the virus classified as SARS-CoV-2.

This figure corresponds to 15% of the 12,872 confirmed cases until this Friday in the country. The authorities did not indicate if there are more cases of doctors in those classified as suspects, that is, those who are waiting for the results in their medical examinations.

The undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo L?pez-Gatell, was also disappointed and launched a strong demand for those who have attacked health workers physically or psychologically. The official branded these scenes as "extremely worrying and absolutely unacceptable."