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Covid cases shoot up to 28,953 in one day

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Covid cases are on the rise.
Covid cases are on the rise.

The number of new Covid cases set a record on Wednesday. The federal Ministry of Health reported 28,953 cases in the previous 24 hours, breaking the record set last week.

The number of estimated coronavirus cases shot up to 145,716 and there were 940 deaths.

Coronavirus cases and deaths in Mexico as reported by day
Coronavirus cases and deaths in Mexico as reported by day. milenio

Ten states are experiencing the worst of the outbreak, and represent 66% of all cases in the country. They are Mexico City, México state, Nuevo León, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Tabasco, Puebla, Sonora, Veracruz and San Luis Potosí.

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Mexico's navy has deployed 11 coastal sargassum collection vessels, each with a collection capacity of 20 tonnes; one offshore sargassum collection vessel; two amphibious sargassum collection vessels; 18 smaller boats; and 13,230 meters of containment barriers in Isla Mujeres, Benito Juárez, Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Tulum and Othón P. Blanco.

Playa del Carmen starts October with new sargassum arrivals, though seasonal decline is underway

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The threat of sargassum remains active along Quintana Roo's coastline, but a progressive reduction is expected heading into November and December. 
Students from the Emiliano Zapata Popular Revolutionary Union took to the streets of Toluca in México state to commemorate the students killed on Oct. 2, 1968, in Tlatelolco and the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa.

Mexico’s week in review: Peso sinks to 18 as school safety, storms and trade talks dominate

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Attacks on and by students collided with the anniversaries of past violence this week, while the peso behaved as erratically as the weather. Here's what happened the week of Sept. 28 in Mexico.
Aerial view of the malecon and downtown of La Paza, Baja California Sur, at sunset

Mexico’s fastest-growing states aren’t the ones having the most children

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Why are Quintana Roo and Baja California Sur leading the country for population growth, even as their birth rates plummet?
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