translated from Spanish: Hospital occupancy rises due to Covid-19 in mexico city to 29%: Claudia Sheinbaum

The head of government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, reported that hospital occupancy in the capital by Covid-19 patients remains at 29%, a percentage that has increased due to the infections recorded between June and July 2021. The president of the capital added that until Saturday, July 24, the number of general beds occupied was one thousand 689, that is, 140 more spaces than those registered on the 23rd of the same month. Meanwhile, the number of ventilator beds occupied in the CDMX was 639, that is, 24 more spaces than the balance of two days ago. Read more: AMLO sued for preferring to invest in baseball than care for children with cancer As for the cumulative number of confirmed coronavirus cases, 756,701 were listed, a record that represents an increase of 4,200 in the latest tally. Regarding deaths due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, 46 more deaths were recorded, forming a total of 45,377 deaths in the capital. Photo: Government of Mexico City We must not lower our guard, insists Sheinbaum Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stressed that during the past week in which there was a stabilization in hospitalizations, so that next week the same activities of the program ‘Reactivate without Risk’ will be maintained. Given this, the doctor considered that it is necessary to maintain the sanitary measures to avoid an uptick in admissions to the nosocomios.” We believe that we have to be cautious and, at the same time, the call to the public is not to lower our guard, we are positive in the sense that there are vaccines, that the elderly are being vaccinated, but that does not mean that we lower our guard,” he said. The local president said that in the capital there are enough beds in the hospitals. Read more: Marcelo Ebrard’s meeting with Cuban foreign minister ,criticizes HRWLes I ask that we do not stop taking care of ourselves: 1. No parties or meetings; 2. No enclosed places without ventilation; 3. Healthy distance; 4. Hand washing; 5. Cover-ups; 6. If you have symptoms, get tested. The #Covid19 does not go on holiday. Let’s keep our guard down,” Sheinbaum Pardo emphasized.



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