New COVID-19 outbreak in Mexico among unvaccinated youth: official

Xinhua
21 Jul 2021, 02:19 GMT+10

MEXICO CITY, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Mexico's third COVID-19 outbreak is mainly concentrated in young people who have not received any of the available vaccines, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Tuesday.

During a health report, the official said however, that the lethality of the virus and the rate of hospitalizations of critical patients have been on decline.

"Although we have a third spike ... the proportion of people who are hospitalized or sadly lose their lives is lower, due to the fact that they are people at lower risk," said Lopez-Gatell.

"The majority of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 are people under 52 years old, and the vast majority are people who are not vaccinated ... more than 97 percent," he added.

According to official data, Mexico has vaccinated 38.5 million people, which represents 43 percent of the 89.4 million population over 18 years old.

As of Monday, Mexico had accumulated 2,664,444 COVID-19 cases and 236,469 deaths.

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