Due to the upturn in coronavirus infections in Jalisco, the clinics of IMSS (Hospital Ayala), the ISSSTE of Puerto Vallarta, the Zapopan (Sedena) Military Nursing and IMSS #110 are at a maximum occupancy. The first three are 100% saturated and the fourth is 72% of its availability to receive patients with COVID-19 coronavirus, according to...Read More

The governor of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro, said this Sunday that the application of the state mechanism of the “emergency button” is “imminent”, with more restrictions on activities due to the outbreak of COVID that the entity has registered in October. “The downward trend that we had achieved throughout the month of September changed in October,...Read More

Although Jalisco registered a new maximum of active cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and reported 4,000 people who have presented symptoms in the last 14 days; The governor ruled out, for the moment, the activation of the “emergency button” to reapply restrictive measures to prevent infections. In updating the official statistics, it was reported that...Read More

Mexico announced Monday it will close the “Puente Grande” federal prison made famous by the 2001 escape of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The prison was known for such lax standards that it earned the nickname “Puerta Grande,” or “Big Door.” The federal Public Safety Department did not give a specific reason for...Read More

With the decrease in the number of hospitalized patients and COVID-19 infections per million inhabitants, the Government of Jalisco ruled out applying the “emergency button” to resume restrictive measures of activities. According to what was published by the governor on social networks, as of Saturday, there were 619 people hospitalized by the virus, which represents...Read More

Almost two months ago, the COVID-19 Situation Room of the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) projected that the peak of the pandemic would reach Jalisco on September 14. It estimated 88,432 cases. However, until yesterday they only added 60,509. Jorge Hernández, a member of the Chamber, stressed that although there is a stabilization, with between four...Read More

According to projections by the Jalisco Health Secretariat (SSJ), more than 16,000 new cases of dengue could be added to the current 1,751 cases during the last four months of 2020, which would create a new record of infections in the State. Carlos Armando Ruíz Esparza Macías, director of Prevention and Health Promotion, reported that...Read More

The Jalisco Health Secretariat registered 702 new coronavirus infections today, bringing the total to 41,899 confirmed cases accumulate throughout the State. In addition, the Secretariat also reported 17 new deaths with a total of 2,053 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. To date, 123 of the 125 municipalities of Jalisco have confirmed cases; and...Read More

The State Health Secretariat of Jalisco reported the death of 58 people from COVID-19 in Jalisco today. It is the highest daily death toll so far in the pandemic in the State. The agency highlighted that all these deaths occurred in the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), which yesterday uploaded the data to the...Read More

The “Emergency Button”, which was designed to completely stop all non-essential activities, will be redesigned to only stop entertainment activities at night and on weekends, the governor announced. “The design is going to be rethought so that when we stop, it is without significantly affecting economic activity, but rather stopping social life and recreational activities...Read More

In the following 48 hours, the Government of Jalisco will analyze the indicators of the coronavirus pandemic in the state to meet next Thursday and take the decision to activate or not the so-called “emergency button” that would force to stop all non-essential activity for at least 14 days. The Governor of Jalisco announced that...Read More

The incidence of COVID-19 cases in Jalisco grew in the last week and is approaching the limit set by the state government for the activation of the emergency button that would stop non-essential activities. The weekly incidence of infection grew to 336.9 cases per million inhabitants, last week it was at 300.1. The limit that...Read More

In addition to COVID-19, Jalisco is plagued by another crisis that is intensifying: that of dengue. Up to the last report, cases increased by 125, bringing the total to 1,203 cases, which is double that of last year at this point of the season. In 2019, on the same date, there were 581 cases. There...Read More

The federal government has moved the State of Jalisco into the ‘red-light’ of the National Traffic Light of COVID-19, which determines the economic activity level for each state based on coronavirus cases. This means, after evaluating hospital occupation, virus positivity, hospitalization trend, and suspected cases, the Federation determined that Jalsico is at the highest risk...Read More

After several days of unusual low testing and the government once again declaring the coronavirus was weakening in Mexico, normal of level testing returns along with a 40% increase in new cases. The general director of Epidemiology José Luis Alomía Zegarra, reported that on July 14, there are 36,327 deaths and 311,486 accumulated confirmed cases...Read More