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Mexico has become the country with the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind the United States and Brazil.
Mexican health officials said Friday there were 688 deaths for the latest 24-hour reporting period, pushing the country’s total to 46,688. That put
Mexico just ahead of the United Kingdom, which has 46,119, according to the tally by Johns Hopkins University. Mexico’s population is double that of
Britain.
The health officials also said Mexico now has had more than 424,000 confirmed coronavirus cases during the pandemic.
Also on Friday, nine state governors from opposition parties criticized what they call the federal government’s “confusing messages” on measures
to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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"More than 70% of people who have died from COVID had an elementary school-level education or less," he said. That's a significant share of the
country, where more than half of the population completes high school. Low education also means higher poverty and social inequities among those
affected.
"More than half of people who have died from COVID died in Health Ministry hospitals," Hernández said. He explained these are public hospitals that
cater to all Mexicans, particularly the poor and those without health insurance.
He added that 9% of the deaths happened outside of a health facility, meaning thousands of Mexicans have succumbed to the disease without medical
care.
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I reviewed the data contained in the SINAVE database as of July 22, 2020. I found that while people over age 61 account for the majority (53%) of the
confirmed Covid-19 deaths in Mexico City, relatively young people, aged 41-60, account for 39% of the total. Furthermore, 2,450 people age 35 to 55
have died of Covid-19 in Mexico City, nearly a third (29%) of the total tally of officially confirmed deaths.
There is little evidence in the data to support the narrative that these relatively young patients are dying because they are unhealthy. Nearly half
of the 35 to 55-years-old patients confirmed to have died of Covid-19 in Mexico City (1171 out of the 2450) ARE NOT listed as having asthma, diabetes,
or obesity. Among these relatively healthy patients who don’t have diabetes, obesity, or asthma, one characteristic stands out: three quarters of
them died before they were ever connected to a ventilator.
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Still not one case isolated and verified, only suspected provisional. Its unfortunate that this has come to this point, with people restricted from
outdoor activity on the beach. Stickers - 8-5-2020 at 08:54 PM
Still not one case isolated and verified, only suspected provisional. Its unfortunate that this has come to this point, with people restricted from
outdoor activity on the beach.
50,000 dead in last few months and probably double that not yet reported. If you need verification walk into any hospital in Mexico and have a look
as you pass by truck loads of dead bodies including thousand of medical workers. Alm - 8-6-2020 at 10:06 AM
50,000 dead in last few months and probably double that not yet reported.
Deaths have a few days lag from the date of death to the date of reporting and ~1 month lag from the date of infection to the date of reporting. It
is very likely that 3rd world countries don't identify many Covid-19 deaths due to lack of resources so their real numbers are higher.
The data change every day and today Mexico is on the 13th place per capita. USA is on the 9th: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality. (scroll down to the table, the bar graph doesn't show all the countries).
[Edited on 8-6-2020 by Alm]SFandH - 8-6-2020 at 10:15 AM
There's a period at the end of the above link that breaks it
the number of people wearing masks has really has grown exponentially from what I have seen. and it seems everyone knows someone with the virus. Cliffy - 8-6-2020 at 10:04 PM
The number of dead divided by the population of Mexico comes out to be a factor of 0.036% 36 one thousands of 1 percent of dying from COVID in
Mecxico
While the number of dead (@46000) is big in singularity, its a small percentage of the overall population
By comparison the USA risk is 0.045% 45 one thousands of 1 %
Contracting it in Mexico may be a higher risk of a bad outcome due to the availability of proper medical care
I have a great affinity for the people of Mexico and wish them wellgnukid - 8-6-2020 at 10:22 PM
Obesity is the primary cause of illness and early death mtgoat666 - 8-6-2020 at 10:45 PM
Seeing how in the US, many people like to compare COVID to the seasonal flu, I was curious how many flu deaths occur each year in Mexico. According
to the data from the following two websites, the 10-year annual average (2010-2020) is 330 deaths per year in Mexico. I intentionally left out the
11th year (2009) because that's when the swine flu ravaged Mexico and caused an inordinate amount of deaths (about 10 times the seasonal average). In
fairness, to include such an anomalous year into a mere 10-year period would skew the average too greatly.
Regarding COVID in Mexico, as of now, it has killed 150 times more people than the 10-year annual average of the flu. To me, that is staggering.
Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see how the "skeptics" will attempt to twist this data to fit their narrative. Here are the only two sources I
was able to find showing Mexico's flu death data: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096501/mexico-influenza...
