The Ministry of Health (SSa) reported that until this Thursday, August 12, 3,045,571 cases of accumulated infections of coronavirus ( COVID-19) have been registered. In addition, since the beginning of the epidemic, Mexico has suffered 246,811 deaths from the disease.
This represents that there was an increase of 24,975 infected in the last 24 hours, as well as 608 deaths.
With this number of infected, the record of cases registered in one day was broken again, which was 22,711 set yesterday; before that, it was on January 21, during the second wave with 22,339.
According to the daily report, as of today, there are an estimated 133,780 active cases of the disease in the country; that is, patients who began to present symptoms in the last 14 days (July 30 to August 12, 2021).
The entities with the highest number of active cases of SARS-CoV-2 in descending order are: Mexico City, State of Mexico, Nuevo León, Jalisco, Veracruz, Tabasco, San Luis Potosí, Guerrero, Puebla, Guanajuato, and Nayarit.
COVID-19 in Puerto Vallarta
On Thursday, August 12, 2021, Puerto Vallarta recorded 175 infections in a single day, and Puerto Vallarta lost 5 more people to COVID-19 in the past day. There have been a total of 16,062 infections and 590 deaths in Puerto Vallarta since the beginning of the pandemic. There has been a total of 1,435 reported cases in the past seven days, compared to 1,778 cases in the seven days prior, for a decrease of 19% compared to the previous seven-day period.
Hospital Occupancy in Puerto Vallarta
Two public hospitals in Puerto Vallarta are at 100% occupancy.
Puerto Vallarta Naval Hospital is reporting 33% occupancy of beds for treating COVID-19 patients. The local IMSS Hospital is reporting 100% occupancy in COVID-19 beds, and the Regional Hospital in Puerto Vallarta is reporting 85% occupancy after adding new beds to their COVID-19 unit on Monday. ISSSTE is reporting 100% occupancy. All four public hospitals in Puerto Vallarta are reporting no available ventilators for the care of the most critical patients in Puerto Vallarta.
Trending Stories Right Now on PVDN
- Rio Cuale market vendors are relocated to Plaza Miguel Hidalgo Vendors at the Cuale River market were relocated to Plaza Miguel Hidalgo, where they hope to resume their businesses and earn an income after the river flooded the market with the passing of Hurricane Nora. Unable to return to the market at this time, the city government decided to relocate them to the central square,…
- Puerto Vallarta sees 47% decrease in COVID-19 cases in the past week For the third consecutive week, Puerto Vallarta has recorded decreases of 40% or more in COVID-19 cases. There have been a total of 20,114 COVID-19 infections and 744 deaths in Puerto Vallarta since the beginning of the pandemic. There has been a total of 300 reported cases in the past seven days (September 5 –…
- Explosion at Popocatepetl volcano spreads ash in Mexico City The Secretariat for Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection of Mexico City reported that due to the recent activity of Popocatépetl volcano, ash fall is expected in the Iztapalapa, Milpa Alta, Tláhuac, Tlalpan, and Xochimilco in Mexico City. He recommended that people in the named areas who go out, should keep their nose and mouth…
- US citizen living in Mexico indicted in drug case A U.S. citizen living in Mexico who claimed ties to the Sinaloa cartel faces a 17-count indictment related to a drug trafficking operation between Mexico and Alaska, federal authorities announced Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Alaska said Miguel Baez Guevara, 38, was arrested by Mexican immigration authorities in Sonora, Mexico, on Friday. He was…
- Only two suspected COVID-19 cases found in Puerto Vallarta schools since classes began So far, in face-to-face classes in Puerto Vallarta, only 2 suspected cases of Covid-19 have been detected, according to Dr. Jaime Álvarez Zayas, director of the 8th Health Region of the Jalisco Health Secretariat based in Puerto Vallarta. “In the first week back to school we had a report of one or two suspicious cases,…
