translated from Spanish: 43 more people die for COVID-19; 5 thousand 847 positive cases

This Wednesday, April 15, 43 more people died from the disease caused by coronavirus COVID-19, an increase of 10.5%, compared to April 14, for a total of 449 deaths.
At a press conference, health authorities also reported an 8.3% increase in positive cases, for a total of 5,847 people with the virus.
Undersecretary of Health Hugo López Gatell explained that municipalities are experiencing major outbreaks, even if the state does not have a strong amount of contagion, such as Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo; Culiacan, Sinaloa, La Paz, Baja California Sur; Tijuana, in Baja California, as well as in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico.

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Confirmed cases and daily deaths of COVID-19 in Mexico

Updated information with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.

Data since 27 February 2020, when the first case was confirmed in the country.

SOURCE: Ministry of Health

New deaths from COVID-19 in Mexico

Updated information with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.

Data since 27 February 2020, when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the country.

SOURCE: Ministry of Health

Updated information with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.

Lethality is the percentage of deaths compared to total COVID-19 infected.

Data since 27 February 2020, when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the country.

SOURCE: Secretariat of Health + WHO

Daily percentage increase of confirmed cases

Updated information with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.

Increase in

compared to the day before

This graph shows the acceleration of the epidemiological curve since March 1.

The first confirmed case in the country was on 27 February 2020.

SOURCE: Ministry of Health

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Original source in Spanish