translated from Spanish: Mexico has 59 thousand COVID deaths; hospitalizations are dropped: Health

Health authorities reported 625 more deaths from coronavirus COVID-19, for a total of 59,000 deaths from the disease.
They also recorded 6,775 new cases, for a cumulative 543,806 people who have tested positive for the virus so far from the epidemic.
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At a daily press conference, the director general of Epidemiology, José Luis Alomía, explained that there have been three consecutive weeks of decline of the epidemic, recording a 14% reduction in cases, as well as 44% in deaths by COVID-19.
Nationally, 38% of general hospital beds are occupied, while beds with fans are 33% occupant.

Nationally, 62% of general hospital beds are available and 38% occupied. In beds with fans, 67% are available and 33% occupied. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/lnvsPq6gvr
— Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez (@HLGatell) August 21, 2020

Nayarit and Colima are the ones who report the highest hospital occupation, respectively.
COVID-19 hospitalizations are dropped
Health authorities said there is a “downward trend in hospitalization of people” by COVID-19, including those in intensive care.
According to Health, as of August 16, there were just over 16,000 people hospitalized across the country; about 14,000 in hospitalizations that are not intensive or intubated.
National registration of hospitalizations by COVID-19 as of August 20, 2020
“We see how in the last three weeks we have a downward trend in the number of people who are hospitalized,” Alomía said of the Acute Respiratory Infections Network (IRAG) figures.

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COVID-19 cases and deaths in Mexico