Nineteen of Mexico’s 32 states have first-dose COVID-19 vaccination rates above 70%, the Health Ministry reported Wednesday.
Coronavirus news
Mexico News Daily is providing free access to the most important coronavirus stories.
• Interactive map showing Covid-19 statistics by state and municipality
• Vaccination registration page for seniors
• Covid-19 vaccination: municipalities where the process of vaccinating senior citizens has begun.
-
-
COVID roundup: active case numbers down, cross-border vaccination expands
An additional 13,217 coronavirus cases were added to Mexico’s accumulated tally on Wednesday while the COVID-19 death toll rose by 896.
-
COVID-19 on the wane in all 32 states, says ministry: ‘reduction of epidemic is continuing’
All Mexico’s states are showing ‘a clear trend in the reduction of cases,’ Deputy Health Minister Hugo López-Gatell said on Tuesday.
-
COVID roundup: estimated active cases decline to 82,203
Mexico recorded 4,161 new cases and 221 deaths on Monday, increasing its cumulative totals to almost 3.52 million and 267,969, respectively.
-
COVID roundup: accumulated case numbers approaching 3.5 million
There were 14,233 new cases reported Friday, while the official COVID-19 death toll rose by 699 to 266,849.
-
COVID roundup: 15,000 new cases Tuesday, estimated cases number 96,000
Mexico recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths and over 15,000 new cases on Tuesday as the third wave of the FULL STORY
-
Active COVID cases estimated at 92,970, down 7% since Friday
The federal Health Ministry reported 5,127 new coronavirus cases and 330 COVID-19 deaths on Monday.
-
Estimated active COVID cases down 9.5%; CDMX goes to medium risk yellow
An additional 17,409 confirmed coronavirus cases were added to the accumulated tally while 725 additional COVID-19 deaths were reported.
-
More than 18,000 confirmed coronavirus cases bring total to 3.39 million
There are currently 110,846 estimated active cases across Mexico, a 3% increase compared to Wednesday.
-
Tourism ministers want incoming travelers to be screened for COVID-19
They will ask the federal government to require travelers to present a COVID-19 vaccination certificate or a negative test result.
-
August takes the record as the worst month yet for new COVID-19 infections
August was easily the worst month of the pandemic in Mexico in terms of case numbers with more than half a million new infections reported.
-
Early numbers show fewer than half of Mexico’s students returned to classes
About 45% of Mexico’s 25 million pre-school, primary school and middle school students attended on Monday, according to preliminary data.
-
After 17 months, schools reopen for in-person classes
More than 25 million students were due to return to classrooms today despite a delta-variant-fuelled third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
COVID deaths total more than 800 for fourth day in a row
The Health Ministry reported 19,556 new infections, increasing the total of confirmed cases to 3.31 million, and 863 fatalities.
-
UNAM researchers say new face mask neutralizes coronavirus
A group of researchers at the Materials Research Institute created an anti-microbial mask that inactivates SARS-CoV-2.
-
Active COVID cases up 2.5%; 20,633 new infections, 835 deaths Thursday
More than 20,000 new cases were added to the accumulated tally for a second consecutive day, while the official death toll rose by 835.
-
Excess death count indicates COVID fatalities could be 84% higher than reported
Additional evidence that the coronavirus pandemic has been far deadlier than official numbers indicate was published on Wednesday.
-
An average of 18,089 COVID-19 cases a day were recorded in the past 7 days
Mexico recorded 21,250 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday and 986 additional COVID-19 deaths, according to Health Ministry data.
-
COVID roundup: 18,262 new cases, 940 deaths Tuesday; active cases at 124,835
There are an estimated 124,835 active cases, with the highest numbers in Mexico City, México state, Nuevo León and Tabasco.
-
COVID roundup: 21,897 new cases, 7 states now red on stoplight risk map
Mexico’s case total now stands at just under 3.2 million while the official death toll rose to 252,080 on Friday with 761 new fatalities.
-
US extends land border closure for another month due to rising coronavirus numbers
The United States has announced another month-long extension to the closure of its land borders to nonessential traffic.
-
40 busloads of Nuevo León citizens cross border for Covid vaccine in US
The governor-elect of Nuevo León and his influencer wife were among 800 residents who traveled to the US to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
-
Covid cases shoot up to 28,953 in one day
The federal Ministry of Health reported 28,953 cases in the previous 24 hours, breaking the record set last week.
-
Mexico divided over plan to return to in-person classes
Parents, teachers, states and schools are divided over the plan, one element of which has been rejected by the president himself.
-
Empty needle detected during Covid vaccinations in Michoacán
A nurse was caught on video injecting a young woman with air rather than a Covid vaccine at a vaccination center in Morelia on Tuesday.
