The Health Secretary reported this Monday 11,052 new contagions of Covid-19Therefore, the accumulated number of confirmed cases increased to 4 million 136,440 infections since this disease arrived in the country at the end of February 2021.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths due to coronavirus It amounted to 300,412, after 78 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the daily technical report on the progress of the pandemic in Mexico.
In the middle of the fourth wave of infections, the health authorities estimate 157,385 active cases, that is, people who have presented signs and symptoms of this disease in the last 14 days. The president joins this statistic for the second time Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who confirmed on Monday afternoon that he tested positive for the coronavirus.
In his morning conference, the president, who “woke up hoarse,” admitted that there is an increase in Covid-19 infections in Mexico, but, he said, “fortunately, it is not yet reflected in hospitalizations and, most importantly, in deaths,” Indian.
AMLO assured that, according to the figures, the Omicron variant it does not have the same lethality as the Delta variant.
Regarding the hospital capacity in the country at the cut of this January 10, the federal agency detailed that the occupation of general beds is located at 21%, one percentage point more than that reported yesterday; while the occupancy of beds with a ventilator for the care of critically ill patients is 14%, two percentage points more than that registered on Sunday.
Advancement of vaccination against Covid-19
The federal government detailed that 106,564 vaccines against Covid-19 were applied to the court on Sunday, January 9, for which a total of 152 million 51,707 doses have been provided since the National Vaccination Plan against this disease began, on 24 December 2020.
Federal authorities detailed that 82 million 425,639 people have been vaccinated, of which 74 million 107,031 have complete schedules and 8 million 318,608 people were inoculated with the first dose.
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