COVID-19: perceived risk of infection Mexico 2020

The perceived risk of getting infected with the coronavirus, officially known as SARS-CoV-2, has been generally increasing in Mexico as the outbreak develops. On February 28, 2020, Mexico confirmed the first cases of COVID-19 in the country. According to a survey, as of the third week of March, 2020, 63.4 percent of Mexican respondents perceived they had a moderate to high risk of developing the disease, up from a share of 50.7 percent as of the third week of February. As of March 25, 2020, 405 cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in the country.

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Perceived risk of getting infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Mexico as of March 2020

Characteristic	Perceived low to no risk	Perceived moderate to high risk
Third week of February, 2020	46%	50.7%
Fourth week of February, 2020	41.4%	55.8%
First week of March, 2020	43.2%	54.2%
Second week of March, 2020	40%	59.6%
Third week of March, 2020	36.1%	63.4%

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

February 20 to March 22, 2020*

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Suvery carried out among people with a smartphone and internet access

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* The survey took place in various rounds with the following dates of survey: February 20 to 22, February 28 to March 1, 2020; March 6 to 8, 2020; March 13 to 15, 2020; March 20 to 22, 2020.
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "How concerned are you of you or your family getting infected?". Wording used in this statistic may slightly differ from the original.
Missing or exceeding percentage points to 100 refer to people who did not know or did not answer.

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