The Ministry of Health confirmed that 60 more people died on Friday, April 17, with COVID-19 coronaviruses, an increase of 12.35%, compared to the 16 April report, for a total of 546 deaths.
It was also confirmed that 578 more people have the disease, so they already have 6,875 positive cases in the country.
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Of these positive cases, 63.94% have been treated on an outpatient basis, while the rest have required some kind of hospitalization; 4.58% (315) people remain intubated in intensive hospital care.
At a press conference, the director general of Epidemiology, José Luis Alomía, explained that at the local level, 501 municipalities, 20.4% of the whole country, have recorded at least one case of COVID-19 coronavirus.
COVID-19 disease burden map in municipalities as of April 17
COVID-19 in the world
According to health authorities, there have been just over 2 million positive cases worldwide, of which 53% occurred in the last 14 days.
Authorities noted that this percentage has been shrinking in recent weeks, and the Americas region, which concentrates 44% of cases, is expected to soon exceed Europe, which has 45.5%.
The fatality rate of coronavirus in the world is currently 6.7%.
Graphics
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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