Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – On Saturday, the Jalisco Health Secretariat (SSJ) reported two more deaths from COVID-19, as well as six new confirmed cases. This brought the total number of people in the state who have developed the symptoms of this disease to 156, registered on the platform of the National System of Epidemiological Surveillance.
The first death confirmed on Saturday corresponds to an 84-year-old woman, resident of the municipality of Guadalajara, who began with respiratory symptoms on April 7 and died three days later, on Friday, April 10. The patient had a history of significant hypertension, obesity, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The second death reported was that of a 58-year-old male resident of the state of California, in the United States, who arrived in the municipality of Tequila on March 23rd to attend a wake. The patient had no other illnesses. He began with suspicious symptoms of COVID-19 on April 5th and died on Saturday, April 12. Both tested positive for the virus.
These two cases brought the number of deaths caused by the coronavirus in Jalisco to eleven. The other confirmed deaths by COVID-19 in the state, by municipality of residence, were in Guadalajara (1), Zapopan (1), Tomatlán (1), El Grullo (1), Tonalá (1), Acatic (1) and Puerto Vallarta (3).
Through its Epidemiology Unit, the SSJ has so far studied suspicious patients in 97 municipalities in the state, confirming contagion – with a test endorsed by the National Institute of Diagnostic and Reference Epidemiology – in 22 municipal territories.
Most cases have been reported in Zapopan and Guadalajara. There are also confirmed cases in Cuautla, Puerto Vallarta, Tomatlán, Tecolotlán, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Ameca, Yahualica, San Julián, Lagos de Moreno, Tonalá, San Juan de los Lagos, El Grullo, Acatic, Tlaquepaque, Tuxpan, Tequila, Jamay, San Martín Hidalgo, Cocula, and Ocotlán, whose first case was reported on Saturday.
By Saturday, the SSJ had ruled out 2,204 infections, as they were negative for COVID-19, and 603 suspicious cases had been registered.
A total of 33 patients have been hospitalized; thirteen have been discharged for improvement, eleven have died, one voluntary discharge, and eight are hospitalized: stable (four), severe (three), and critical (one).
Because of their mild symptoms, 79 percent of the 156 confirmed cases have been managed in-home isolation, while 21 percent have required hospitalization. Sixty-three percent of the total number of confirmed cases are male. The most affected age group is 65 years and older with 13 percent.
Stay at Home
The Ministry of Health reiterated the call to the population to maintain preventive measures: frequent hand washing, sneezing or coughing covered with the inner corner of the elbow, wear a mask if you are sick, keep your distance from others if you must go out for essential activity, and most importantly continue practicing social isolation.
Governor Alfaro Ramírez affirmed that the preventive measures taken by the State and the social isolation of Jalisco residents are working. After having the second highest number of COVID-19 infections in the country on March 20, it was in 8th place at the national level on April 12 with 156 confirmed cases recorded, he announced via a press release on Saturday.
The SSJ thanks those who have joined the “Stay at Home” strategy. By limiting the mobility of people, it will be possible to reduce the speed of contagion, death, and the impact of the pandemic on our State.
For more information on COVID-19 and other details on the outlook for this disease in Jalisco, please visit the website at coronavirus.jalisco.gob.mx.
For questions and reports of suspicious cases please contact the Jalisco COVID hotline at 333-823-3220.
Sources: jalisco.gob.mx • ssj.jalisco.gob.mx