The recent rise of H1N1 influenza cases in Mexico has kept the population on alert, although Mexican health authorities have dismissed the conditions to declare an epidemiological alert exists.
According to El Universal, the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 has risen from 1,517 cases on Jan. 23 to 1,965 cases and 195 deaths.
According to the latest report from the National Epidemiological Awareness System from Monday, Jan. 27, there are 1,650 total cases of AH1N1, 76 of AH3N2, 23 of BH3N2 and 126 related to other types.
Despite these figures, the Ministry of Health in Mexico said that these numbers are well below those registered during the H1N1 pandemic of 2009, when AH1N1 killed 1,479 people and infected over 70,000 people.
Pablo Kuri Morales, the sub secretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, said during a press conference that he expects a rise in the number of cases in the next five weeks, due to the continued winter season.
"We know now that these waves last around eight to 12 weeks. We don't have the objective epidemiological elements to say that we're in a different situation from what was expected in this season, there's no reason for alert or to take extraordinary measures like in 2009," said Morales, according to CNN México.
In 2009, Mexico was the focal point of the H1N1 pandemic, which killed around 19,000 people around the world.
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