Mexico added 405 more deaths from COVID-19 coronavirus, for a total of 75,844 deaths from the disease.
At a daily press conference, health authorities also confirmed 5,401 cases of the virus, for a cumulative of 720,858 people who have tested positive for the laboratory since the start of the epidemic.
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However, according to official estimates, 35 thousand 973 people (5% of the total) are active cases for developing symptoms in the last 14 days.
Authorities argued that between week 36 and 37 deaths were reduced by 41%, while cases fell by 16%.
So far, 518,204 people have recovered from the disease, however this indicator has been reduced by 3% over the same period.
Hospital occupancy at the national level is kept down, according to authorities, as in general beds it is 28%, while beds requiring a fan are 25%.
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COVID-19 cases and deaths in Mexico
Updated information to those with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.
Data since February 27, 2020, when the first case was confirmed in the country.
SOURCE: Ministry of Health
New COVID-19 cases in Mexico
Updated information to those with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.
Data since February 27, 2020, when the first case was confirmed in the country.
SOURCE: Ministry of Health
Deaths confirmed by COVID-19 in Mexico
Updated information to those with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.
*They do not correspond to the day they occurred, but to the day they joined the total death log. Data since February 27, 2020, when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the country.
SOURCE: Ministry of Health
COVID-19 case relationship in Mexico
Updated information to those with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.
Data since February 27, 2020, when the first case was confirmed in the country.
SOURCE: Ministry of Health
Daily percentage increase in confirmed cases
Updated information to those with the Technical Communiqué of the Ministry of Health.
Increased
compared to the previous day
This graph shows the acceleration of the epidemiological curve from March 1.
The first confirmed case in the country was on February 27, 2020.
SOURCE: Ministry of Health
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