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Mexico adds 362 deaths and 18,252 new cases of covid-19

Mexico recorded this Thursday 362 new deaths and 18,252 covid-19 infections, as reported by the Ministry of Health. Since the start of the pandemic, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country stands at 5,473,489 cases and 317,303 deaths. Mexico is the sixteenth country in the world in number of confirmed infections and the fifth with the most deaths from this cause, behind the United States, Brazil, India and Russia, according to a tally by Johns University. Hopkins. On February 10, the country reported 927 deaths, the highest figure of the current fourth wave, carried by the omicron variant since December. Health authorities acknowledge that, based on death certificates, the country could be close to 460,000 deaths and estimate that Mexico is actually racking up 5,747,309 infections.

Among the confirmed infections, there are 59,150 active cases, which have shown symptoms in the last 14 days and represent about 1% of the total. The average occupancy of general beds in Mexican hospitals is 22% and that of intensive care 16%, with a downward trend. On Monday, half of the 32 states adopted a green light due to low epidemic risk, while the other 16 are yellow, due to medium risk. The head of the pandemic in the country, Hugo López-Gatell, affirmed this Tuesday that the covid-19 pandemic in Mexico has already lasted for four weeks with “reductions in epidemic intensity” and “very substantial” advances in vaccination coverage. .

Reports the EFE agency.