The fear of covid-19 pandemic is at its lowest level since the first cases were registered in the country, according to the results of the one hundred and eleventh National Survey of Coronavirus in Mexico carried out by Consulta Mitofsky.
In the comparison of the main fears that Mexicans face, the survey details that five out of 10 people admitted to being afraid of being victims of a crime31.9% said they were more afraid that their economy is affected and only 10% commented that they were afraid of get Covid-19the lowest figure recorded since 2020, when the pandemic began in the country.
However, the exercise carried out from March 18 to 20, 2022 also shows that 69% of the Mexicans consulted are still “very” or “somewhat” afraid of contracting the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2this represented five percentage points more than what was registered in the survey published approximately a month ago (64 percent).
The idea that there is less risk in the face of Covid-19behind the fourth wave of infections registered during January and part of February of this year, is also reflected in the number of people who said they always wear a face mask when leaving home (74.6%), whose figure is also at its lowest level since December 2020.
This week’s survey shows divided opinions on the perception of whether there is still (48%) or not (46%) people infected with the coronavirus in your environment or the places you frequent.
To carry out this exercise, the survey house directed by Roy Campos interviewed 1,000 Mexicans over 18 years of age with smart mobile devices with Internet access. “The results are not simple frequencies, but estimates based on the post-stratification of the sample calculated on expansion factors according to four demographic variables (population by entity, sex, age and schooling) obtained from the last public census”, he details. . This survey has a sample design.
The results of the most recent demoscopic exercise of Consult Mitosfky they reflect the behavior of the pandemic in Mexico, that all the states are already at a green traffic light and whose main indicators have maintained a downward trend for eight consecutive weeks, as recently detailed by the Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo Lopez-Gatell.
“The indicators of epidemic activity register the lowest levels since the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020. Thanks to the high vaccination coverage, we have been down for eight weeks in cases, hospitalizations and deaths,” the czar said last Tuesday. anticovid during the morning conference at the National Palace.
A little more than two years after the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in the country, the official death toll as of last Tuesday’s cutoff is 322,119 people, while the accumulated number of infections is 5 million 636,054 confirmed cases.
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The polling house detailed that five out of 10 Mexicans said that a family member died from the Covid-19, while 61.7% of those surveyed stated that they have been infected with this disease. 80% said they knew someone who died from the coronavirus.
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