Half of Baja California's Coronavirus Patients in Hospitals Are Dying
Half the Covid-19 patients who go to the hospital in Mexico’s border state of Baja California die, an alarming rate that experts attribute to people waiting too long to seek admission because they fear the poor conditions of hospitals. The data shows that Baja California, which is home to Tijuana, San Diego’s sister city, has the country’s second-highest mortality rate per 100,000 people.
“They see hospitals as places where they’ll get sicker, not better,” said Jonathan Prieto, who was part of a Doctors Without Borders’ response team in Baja.
Government data show that out of the 4,760 patients that have been hospitalized with the virus in the state, 2,337 have died, a 49% death rate, the highest in Mexico. The state of Guerrero isn’t far behind at 47%. Countrywide, the average is 36%.
Mexico had 344,244 cases and 39,184 deaths as of Sunday. It has the fourth-deadliest outbreak behind the U.S., Brazil and the U.K. Given the country’s low testing rates, it’s likely the real number of total infections is substantially higher.
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