280,400 new doses of COVID vaccines are applied in Mexico; total reaches 37.8 million

The Ministry of Health reported that this Monday, until 21:00 p.m., the application of 280 thousand 400 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 in the country, soThe accumulated total amounted to 37 million 803 thousand 462.

The federal agency detailed that, in total, 15 million 175 thousand 659 people already have the complete immunization schedule.

At the national level, Health reported that 30 percent of the adult population over 18 years of age has already received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine.

Mexico City is the entity with the highest percentage of vaccination coverage, since 49 percent of the adult population has already received at least one dose.

Until now, the vaccines authorized in Mexico to inoculate the population are: Pfizer, AstraZeneca, SinoVac, “Sputnik V” and Cansino.

Vaccination against the coronavirus, the pathogen that causes the COVID-19 disease, began on December 24. Mexico was the first country in Latin America to begin applying the injection against this virus, and one of the first 10 in the world.

BCS, Tabasco, Yucatán and QR register higher incidence

In the last 24 hours, 239 more deaths from COVID-19 were recorded in the country, bringing the total to 230, reported the Ministry of Health. Confirmed cases total 424, 2 more than yesterday.

In addition, 22 active cases were detected, representing 797% of the accumulated epidemic. At the same time, there was a 0.9 percent increase in the number of estimated cases compared to the previous week.

Currently, Baja California Sur, Tabasco, Yucatán and Quintana Roo are the entities that have an estimated incidence rate of active cases greater than 70 per 100 thousand inhabitants.

According to the daily technical report on the pandemic, to date, one million 960 thousand 36 people have recovered from the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The occupancy of general beds is 15% and beds with a fan is 14%. National hospital occupancy records a reduction of 87%.