Prognosis
Mexico City’s Hospital Occupancy Rate Has Doubled in Two Weeks
- Hospital occupancy jumped to 58% from 27% since Jan. 3
- Covid-19 related deaths aren’t increasing at similar rate
A healthcare worker delivers Covid-19 test results in Mexico City on Jan 6.
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Hospital occupancy rates are shooting up fast in Mexico City as omicron, the highly contagious Covid-19 variant, tears through the country, setting new daily records for infections.
Since Jan. 3, occupancy levels have doubled to 58%, according to a federal data base for public hospital availability that samples about one fifth of all hospitals. A total of 1,441 people were hospitalized in the city as of Monday, nearly a fourfold increase from the 383 patients in public and private hospitals across at the start of the year, according to Mexico City data.