Hugo López-GatellFederal Undersecretary of Health, confirmed a increase in cases of COVID-19 in Mexico during the last five weeks.
In the morning conference at the National Palace, López-Gatell Ramírez explained that this increase in infections has been registered since epidemiological week 43, although it is not accelerated.
“In our country, as we warned since the summer, after a period of decline, it could be that we had a change in the trend and we began to have a greater number of infections and this is the situation we are presenting,” he said.
Approximately from week 43, the number of cases no longer continued to decrease and from week 45, at this moment we are in week 48, a progressive increase began,” he indicated.
“Fortunately, the increase is not accelerated, it is much slower than the reduction in cases was and this is important to keep in mind,” added the coronavirus czar in Mexico.
Regarding hospital occupancy of general beds for COVID-19 care, it stands at 4 percent, while for people in a critical situation who require a mechanical ventilator it is barely one percent.
In the latest report of COVID-19 in our country, the Ministry of Health reported that the country adds 7 million 125 thousand 98 cases and 330 thousand 495 deaths from the virus.
Omicron is the most prevalent variant in the country and up to now it has not been shown to cause an increase in severe disease.
With information from López-Dóriga Digital