The Ministry of Health (SSA) updated this Friday the seventh Epidemiological Traffic Light of Coronavirus (COVID-19) of 2022, which will be in effect from April 04 to 17.
Through the official website, the Government of Mexico indicated that the country will be colored as follows:
For the fifth time in a row, there will be no “red” state (maximum risk of contagion). The last one had been Aguascalientes more than two months ago, and it was the only one to fall to that level after five months (from August 2021 to January).
Nor will there be any entity in “orange” (high risk) or “yellow” (moderate risk). It is worth mentioning that until a month ago only Queretaro was at this last level.
This means that, for the second time in a row, all 32 states in the country will be “green” (low risk).
This confirms the end of the “fourth wave” of contagion that the Ómicron variant brought with it at the beginning of the year. In recent days, several states have even announced the return to all activities and the use of masks only in closed spaces. However, the health authorities have stressed the importance of not letting down your guard and getting vaccinated with the booster dose in the face of a possible uptick.
The four elements evaluated to determine the color of the traffic light in each entity are: the percentage of occupancy of beds in intensive care, percentage of positive cases of coronavirus; trend of beds occupied and trend of positive cases; that is, the expected behavior based on current numbers, which is calculated by the National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt).
The Ministry of Health reported that this Friday there were 2,538 infections and 111 deaths due to the disease.
According to the daily technical statement, there are currently an estimated 8,876 active cases of the disease in the country; that is, patients who began to present symptoms in the last 14 days (from March 19 to 1, 2022).
The entities with the highest number of active SARS-CoV-2 cases in descending order are: Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Mexico City, Colima, Campeche and Veracruz.
With regard to hospital availability, the average occupancy of general beds in health centers is 6% and 4% for intensive care beds.
Mexico is currently the fifth country in the world with the most deaths due to the coronavirus, only below the United States, Brazil, India and Russia; and it is number 17 in number of infections, according to the latest update from Johns Hopkins University.
Regarding the booster vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the agency reported that there is an application of 9,832,380 to people aged 60 and over (75% of progress); 13,634,310 million to those in the 40-59 age range (51%); and 13,133,658 million to people over 18 years of age (46%).
This Thursday, March 31 alone, 295 thousand 748 injections were given. Vaccination continues for people lagging behind and young people aged 14 to 17 years, as well as the application of booster to those over 18 years of age.
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