Mexico on Thursday posted a fresh record for new coronavirus cases reported on a single day, with 7,280 cases, bringing its overall tally of infections to 282,283, health ministry data showed. The country also recorded 730 additional fatalities, bringing its overall death toll to 33,526. Mexico’s previous one-day record was posted a day earlier on...Read More

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that Donald Trump had drastically changed the way he talks about Mexico’s people, in the leftist leader’s latest warm words about the U.S. president who has a history of upsetting Mexicans. Lopez Obrador’s comments came a day after the two men met for the first time at...Read More

Although Mexico has passed the month of transitioning to the “new normal”, coronavirus infections continue to rise nationally. This July 7, an increase in infections has reached 189% “practically throughout the country”, while deaths reached 213% more during the reopening of the economy nationwide. During the 36 days of reopening, there were 171,000 infections and...Read More

Mexico’s coronavirus outbreak rose by about 6,740 newly confirmed cases Friday for a second straight day, while 654 more deaths raised the country’s total to 29,843. The number of deaths is the sixth-highest highest in the world, and Mexico is just a few dozen from overtaking France for the fifth-highest death toll, though Mexico’s population...Read More

Mexico on Friday reported 6,740 new coronavirus infections, taking the country’s total to 245,251 cases, more than Italy and the ninth-highest tally worldwide, according to a Reuters count. Mexico’s health ministry also reported 654 more fatalities, bringing the total to 29,843 deaths, just a few behind France which currently has the fifth-highest death toll. Friday’s...Read More

The Ministry of Health (SSa) reported this Thursday, July 2, that Mexico has recorded 238,511 accumulated confirmed cases, adding a new record of 6,741 cases today. To date, 29,189 people have lost their lives in Mexico due to the pandemic, with 679 new deaths recorded today. The new record of infections comes 24-hours after President...Read More

To eliminate the risk of contagious human beings, a Mexican company has launched a drone delivery service to get clean medical supplies to hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. Mexico-City based firm Sincronia Logistica has begun deploying unmanned drones to deliver personal protective gear and other essential equipment to public hospitals in the central state of...Read More

Gunmen killed 24 people at a drug rehabilitation facility in the central Mexican city of Irapuato, police said on Wednesday, underlining the government’s challenge in fulfilling its pledge to stop gang violence. Police in the city in Guanajuato state said the unidentified attackers also shot and wounded seven people in what was the second attack...Read More

As countries around the world try to get their economies back on track, the number of tests for coronavirus that test positive has become the indicator to watch. 5% is the threshold to reopen safely; 10% is disturbing, 20% outrageous. In Mexico, the rate stands at 50%. The high numbers are easy to explain, although...Read More

Mexican prosecutors have requested 46 arrest orders for public officials over charges of forced disappearance and organized crime as part of a renewed probe into the disappearance of 43 student teachers, the attorney general said on Tuesday. The warrants are for officials from Guerrero state, where the students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College disappeared...Read More

The coastline of famed Mexican beach resort Acapulco was sullied late last week by a large discharge of raw sewage, the ugly scene captured in a viral video, which has prompted local officials to promise an investigation and fix broken drains. The video taken from a nearby balcony shows a high-pressure stream of raw sewage...Read More

Mexico’s health ministry reported on Tuesday 5,432 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 648 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 226,089 cases and 27,769 deaths. From the National Palace, the director of Epidemiology, José Luis Alomía said that it is one month since the return to the “new normal”, a strategy...Read More

The Ministry of Health (Ssa) reported this Friday during the press conference on the advance of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Mexico, to date, 208,392 cases have been detected, adding 5,491 in the past day. There are 25,779 deaths, with 719 Mexican lives lost today. Yesterday, the State of Jalisco reported a total of 10,827...Read More

Mexico City’s chief of police was shot and injured and two of his bodyguards killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early on Friday that he quickly blamed on one of Mexico’s most powerful drug gangs, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The city’s public security chief Omar Garcia Harfuch suffered three bullet wounds as he...Read More

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday suggested the tradition of women staying at home to take care of older family members was key to battling the coronavirus pandemic, sparking criticism his comments were sexist. This is not the first time the 66-year-old leader has been accused of making tone-deaf comments and lacking empathy...Read More