This Sunday’s report marks 94 deaths from coronavirus in Mexico and the number of infected increases more and more
Mexico accumulates 2,143 cases of COVID-19 and 94 deaths, an increase of 15 more people killed in the last 24 hours, according to the official technical report of the epidemic presented this Sunday by health authorities.
"In Mexico we have already accumulated 2,143 cases since the beginning of the epidemic on February 27 and unfortunately we have 94 people who have lost their lives," Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, said at a press conference. .
The number of accumulated cases since the first contagion occurred on February 27 represents 253 more compared to 1,890 the previous day, an increase rate of around 13% that has remained almost constant in recent days.
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At the press conference, López-Gatell stressed that the deceased were older adults or had risk factors such as high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and chronic lung diseases.
The undersecretary called on the population to stay at home, warning that discipline must be exercised because "the most intense phase of the disease has not yet come," which will be phase three, so that these measures reduce the number of serious cases and persons.
Mexico City, the State of Mexico and the metropolitan area of Guadalajara -in the west of the country- is where the most cases have been registered as they are also the largest population areas in the country.
He indicated that of all cases, 76.48% require outpatient treatment, 9.85% are stable hospitalized, 12.51% are seriously hospitalized and 1.17% -25 cases- are currently intubated.
He warned that there are young adults who have lost their lives, although most of those who died were already over 65 years old.
THE PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, reiterated this Sunday that the country has been preparing for months for this crisis and today has 6,425 intensive care hospital beds, and will soon have several thousand more.
"Without triumph, Mexico is after India the country with the least infected by coronavirus and the third country with the fewest deaths by number of inhabitants. We are doing well, but let’s not trust ourselves," he remarked.
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