One-quarter of hospital beds in general care COVID wards were occupied on Sunday, a 1% decrease compared to the previous day. Among people aged 18 and over, the vaccination rate rises to 90%, according to official data. The vast majority of those who have had at least one shot – 93% – are fully vaccinated. The figure represents 67% of the country’s total population of approximately 126 million. Over 85 million people have been vaccinated against COVID in Mexico, the Health Ministry reported Sunday. Mexico’s worst month of the pandemic in terms of deaths was January 2021 with almost 33,000.Īs of Sunday, the country’s official death tool stood at 315,688, while the accumulated case tally was 5.41 million. However, the number of COVID-19 deaths is lower than during the delta-fueled third wave, and even lower in comparison with some months earlier in the pandemic when vaccines were not widely available or hadn’t yet been developed. There were 9,597 reported fatalities in the first 20 days of February, almost 3,000 more than the number recorded in all of January. While case numbers have declined this month, COVID-19 deaths have increased. There are currently just over 73,000 estimated active cases, a figure well below last month’s peak of over 300,000. 
That’s a 24% decrease compared to January’s daily average of 31,060 cases. The Health Ministry reported 470,835 new cases during the first 20 days of February for a daily average of 23,541. It’s indicative of a significantly improved coronavirus situation after the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant resulted in a new pandemic record of almost 1 million reported cases in January.
The updated map takes effect Monday and will remain in force through March 6. A recent survey found that Mexico has one of the highest rates of mask usage in the Americas. Face mask-clad pedestrians in downtown Mexico City in December 2021. Orange is absent on the new map after dominating on the previous one, with 15 states considered high risk between February 7 and 20.
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