Laura Poy Solano
Newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, August 13, 2022, p. 8
Confirmed infections of covid-19 in Mexico remain down for almost six consecutive weeks. According to data from the Ministry of Health (Ssa), 11,892 cases were confirmed yesterday, that is, a thousand less than a day before, with which 6,915,754 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV virus. two. The deaths increased by 72, with a cumulative of 328 thousand 668.
The daily technical report on the state of the pandemic indicates that 85,972 active cases were reported throughout the national territory, that is, with symptoms in the past 14 days, with an incidence rate of 66.1 for each one hundred thousand inhabitants.
Regarding the demand for hospital care, the Ssa reports the occupancy of general and ventilated beds unchanged, the latter for critically ill patients, with an occupancy rate of 10 and 4 percent, respectively.
The federal agency indicated that in epidemiological week 31, from July 31 to August 6, an average of 8,789 infections were reported per day, when in the previous week there were 13,611.
The health authorities called on the population to maintain health measures to prevent covid-19, such as healthy distance, correct use of face masks, frequent hand washing with soap and water or application of alcohol-gel and ventilation of spaces, to maintain the decrease in infections.
In case of symptoms of covid-19, the person must be isolated for seven days and be aware of the evolution of the disease; If you have complications, you should go to the nearest medical unit.
