According to the Ministry of Health (SS), Mexico has one million 912 thousand 871 COVID-19 cases, adding 13 thousand 51 new infections in the last 24 hours. While the national mortality rate remains at 8.5%, the country has already confirmed 164 thousand 290 deaths, adding one thousand 368 more deaths that occurred the previous day.

Currently, the Secretariat of Health counts 81 thousand 223 active cases, while the number of people recovered has already increased to one million 472 thousand 151 people. However, it is also estimated that Mexico has already exceeded two million cases of coronavirus, according to a calculation based on the number of registered infections, the percentage of positivity and the epidemiological association.

Regarding the epidemiological traffic light that is registered in each state of the Mexican Republic, the Federal Health Secretariat maintains 13 states in red color since last week: Colima, Mexico City, Mexico State, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Puebla, Queretaro and San Luis Potosi.

17 states remain in orange: Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan and Zacatecas. Campeche and Chiapas continue to be the states with the lowest number of registered cases, with yellow traffic lights.

Globally, Mexico remains in third place in the list of countries with the highest mortality rate. Brazil remains in second place with 230 thousand 34 deaths and the United States leads the "top" by accumulating more than 459 thousand deaths.

The population is reminded to avoid leaving their homes as much as possible, as well as to continue with preventive measures such as the use of masks, constant hand washing and constant disinfection of surfaces.

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