The third wave of COVID-19 infections in Mexico maintains its levels on the rise, according to the Daily Technical Report, the country registered 18,809 positive cases of the virus and 447 deaths.
With this, they now add up to four consecutive days in which the wave of infections exceeds 18,000 infected, since 19,346 cases were registered on Friday, 19,223 cases on Thursday and 19,028 on Wednesday, according to the agency.
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Thus, to date, the impact of Covid-19 in Mexico as of July 31 of 2,848,252 total cases and 240,906 total deaths from COVID-19. The Ministry of Health adds that the incidence rate of accumulated cases of 2,208.4 per 100,000 inhabitants.
While the distribution by sex in confirmed cases shows an equal predominance in men (50%) and in women (50%). The average age is according to the trends of the last weeks of 41 years.
Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Veracruz, Sinaloa, Guerrero, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Nayarit and San Luis Potosí are the entities with the highest number of active cases.
The average occupancy of general beds in Mexican hospitals is 46% and 38% for intensive care beds.
The Secretary of Health reported that in Mexico there are more than 46,866,125 vaccinated people, of which 55% have the complete vaccination scheme and 44% have already received their first dose.
Since December 23, 2020, the country has received a total of 86.4 million doses of the British AstraZeneca, the Russian Sputnik V, the American Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, in addition to the Chinese CanSino and Sinovac.
The Government of Mexico City announced this Saturday that due to the high demand of young people between 18 and 29 years old, the doses it had of Sputnik V were exhausted and it began to use AstraZeneca vaccines that were planned for later.
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