The number of deaths due to Covid-19 rose to 291,929 in Mexico, after 356 new deaths were registered in the last 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health.
The daily technical report on the progress of the coronavirus pandemic In the country he detailed that this Thursday 3,915 new infections were added, to reach a cumulative of 3 million 854,994 confirmed cases.
The federal agency reported that around 20,115 active cases are estimated in the country, that is, people who have presented symptoms of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus in the last 14 days.
The states with the highest rate of active cases per 100,000 inhabitants are:
- Baja California
- Baja California Sur
- Sonora
- Coahuila
- Mexico City
- Guanajuato
- Chihuahua
- Queretaro
- Aguascalientes
- San Luis Potosi
Vaccination against Covid-19 in Mexico
This Thursday, shipment number 88 of Pfizer-BioNTech arrived in Mexico with 588, 510 vaccines against Covid-19, with which there are 39 million 553,215 doses sent to the country by this pharmaceutical company, said the general director of Laboratorios de Biologicos y Reactivos de México. (Birmex), SA de CV, Pedro Zenteno Santaella.
At the reception of vaccines in Terminal 1 of the International Airport of Mexico City (AICM) “Benito Juárez”, the general director of Birmex pointed out that with this shipment there are 166 million 775,255 biologicals received in the country, which includes those that they have arrived packed abroad and those packed in Mexican territory.
It should be remembered that at the beginning of this week the Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, announced that the federal government planned to start on Friday, November 19, the pre-registration of vaccination against Covid-19 for adolescents aged 15 to 17 years of age, with or without comorbidities.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx