The epidemiological map shows in color the intensity of infections and hospitalizations and makes it easier for people to understand the risk situation in their locality.
The updated report of the Ministry of Health indicates that almost half of the country was in the orange color of the epidemic risk traffic light, but starting tomorrow, Monday, the Covid-19 pandemic risk indicator will place half of the country in green and the other half in yellow, colors that will be in effect from February 21 to March 6.
In yellow, or medium risk, will be Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Aguascalientes, Queretaro, Hidalgo, Morelos and Oaxaca, and in green, or low risk, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Guerrero, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Tabasco, Chiapas, Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo.
No city will be in red, or maximum risk, nor in orange, or high risk, he added, and then reported that in the last 24 hours 21,449 new cases of the disease were confirmed in the country, as well as 457 deaths, for a total of 5,387,854 infections and 315,55 deaths since the beginning of the health crisis.
There are 82,190 people who started with symptoms in the last 14 days, which is why they are considered active cases, and represent 1,5 % of the total number of cases counted. On Friday and Saturday, 1,210,213 vaccines were applied, bringing the total number of doses since December 2020 to 176 million 177,592.
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