Suárez V, Suarez Quezada M, Oros Ruiz S, Ronquillo De Jesús E
CONACyT - Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Departamento de Química, Ciudad de México, México.
Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería y Ciencias Sociales y Administrativas, Departamento de Química, Ciudad de México, México.
Rev Clin Esp. 2020 Nov;220(8):463-471. doi: 10.1016/j.rce.2020.05.007. Epub 2020 May 27.
The first case of COVID-19 detected in Mexico was on the 27 of February 2020. On the 30 of April, 64 days after this first diagnosis, the number of patients had increased exponentially, reaching 19 224 confirmed cases and 1859 (9.67%) deaths. In response to this global outbreak, we summarize the current state of our understanding regarding COVID-19 in Mexico.
We obtained the data from the official website of the Ministry of Health in Mexico. The study period was between the 27 of February and the 30 of April 2020. The cases were confirmed using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and we analysed epidemiological, demographic and clinical data.
In Mexico, most cases of COVID-19 were located in Mexico City. The mean age of the patients was 46 years. Of the 12 656 confirmed cases, most infected individuals were between the ages of 30 and 59 years (65.85%), and there was a higher incidence rate in men (58.18%) than in women (41.82%). The patients who died had one or more comorbidities, mainly hypertension (45.53%), diabetes (39.39%) and obesity (30.4%). In the first 64 days of the epidemic, China had reported 80 304 cases with a mortality rate of 3.66%.
Our results indicate an early transmission of COVID-19 in Mexico. The descriptive epidemiology shows similarities between the cases of COVID-19 in Mexico and those in China. In the same period of the epidemic curve, we observed a reduction in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Mexico and a higher mortality rate compared with that of China.
墨西哥于2020年2月27日检测到首例新冠肺炎病例。在首次诊断64天后的4月30日，患者数量呈指数级增长，确诊病例达19224例，死亡1859例（9.67%）。为应对这一全球疫情，我们总结了墨西哥对新冠肺炎的当前了解情况。
我们从墨西哥卫生部官方网站获取数据。研究时间段为2020年2月27日至4月30日。病例通过实时逆转录聚合酶链反应确诊，我们分析了流行病学、人口统计学和临床数据。
在墨西哥，大多数新冠肺炎病例位于墨西哥城。患者的平均年龄为46岁。在12656例确诊病例中，大多数感染者年龄在30至59岁之间（65.85%），男性发病率（58.18%）高于女性（41.82%）。死亡患者有一种或多种合并症，主要是高血压（45.53%）、糖尿病（39.39%）和肥胖（30.4%）。在疫情的前64天，中国报告了80304例病例，死亡率为3.66%。
我们的结果表明新冠肺炎在墨西哥早期就已传播。描述性流行病学显示墨西哥的新冠肺炎病例与中国的病例有相似之处。在疫情曲线的同一时期，我们观察到墨西哥新冠肺炎确诊病例数量减少，且死亡率高于中国。
