Tag: Coronavirus
Coronavirus deaths in Yucatan exceed 1,000
Coronavirus deaths surpassed 1,000 when 30 more fatalities in Yucatan were reported Sunday.
Another 226 infections were also reported. The accumulated totals now stand at...
A tough week and a brutal month: Half of all coronavirus...
After new coronavirus cases in Yucatan began to surge Wednesday, the week ended with 72 hospitalizations and an average of 26 deaths and 191...
Lab worker burned by attacker crying ‘you are contaminating us!’
Yelling "you are contaminating us!" a maintenance worker threw chlorine at a Merida lab worker, burning the victim's face and scalp.
The attacker, described...
Record 260 new infections in Yucatan as 35 die from COVID-19
A third consecutive day of record-breaking numbers was announced Friday by Yucatan health authorities.
New cases totaled 260 while 35 more coronavirus patients died in...
López Obrador’s cousin is latest relative to die from COVID-19
Úrsula Mojica Obrador, cousin of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, died this Friday morning while being treated in Tampico for COVID-19, according to El...
Pandemic closes 100 tienditas and corner stores across Yucatan
After four months of coronavirus contingency, some 100 small shops and corner stores have had to close, said the Yucatan business chamber.
Tienditas, as they...
Mexico to give loans to hotels struggling during crisis
Mexico's federal government offered a loan program freeing up 11.4 billion pesos aimed at rescuing hotels struggling to stay in business during coronavirus contingencies....
Coronavirus infections up again, but Yucatan stays under orange alert
Updated with more statistics: A new record high number of daily infections wasn't enough to put Yucatan back into lockdown.
Yucatan recorded 249 more coronavirus...
New infections soar by 237, a new 1-day record in Yucatan
After declining slightly at the beginning of the week, new coronavirus infections shot up by a record 237 in a single day, Yucatan health...
New coronavirus cases in Yucatan dip 2 consecutive days; total fatalities...
Coronavirus infections in Yucatan declined for a second straight day while deaths remained under 20, health officials announced Tuesday.
Recoveries outnumbered new cases, also for...
San Diego will fly direct to Cancun for the 1st time...
Giving Yucatan tourism another bump, a Southern California airport is re-starting direct flights to Cancun.
The San Diego International Airport will offer fall and winter...
14 in Yucatan die from COVID as infections approach 7,500
COVID-19 killed 14 people in Yucatan in the past 24 hours, the lowest number of daily fatalities in 17 days.
Health authorities also announced 117...
Pandemic in Yucatan will last another 13 months, scientists say
Scientists have crunched the numbers and have declared when the coronavirus pandemic will end in Yucatan.
Mark your calendars: the pandemic ends Aug. 14, 2021...
193 new infections, one of Yucatan’s busiest days fighting COVID-19
Yucatan health officials on Sunday reported 193 new coronavirus cases and 20 deaths — 15 men and five women — in the past 24 hours.
Another...
24 health workers land in Merida to help care for coronavirus...
Public hospitals got a backup Saturday when 24 doctors and nurses arrived at the Merida airport to help care for coronavirus patients.
Over 800 patients,...
2nd Yucatan mayor with COVID dies
Samahil Mayor Rigoberto Javier Tun Salas died Saturday from COVID-19, officials announced.
The PRD politician, whose recovery was complicated by diabetes, is the second mayor...
Coronavirus deaths in Yucatan approach 800
With 28 more coronavirus deaths reported Saturday, Yucatan has counted 797 deaths — in the double digits since mid-June — and will almost surely...
128 dead in 5 days as coronavirus infections in Yucatan exceed...
Showing the dire effects of late June's surge in infections, Friday's coronavirus tally included 32 deaths and 119 new cases, Yucatan health officials said....
Yucatan escapes the ‘red light’ again despite 30 more deaths, 128...
Yucatan's economic recovery remains at "orange," the second-highest level of alert, officials announced late Thursday.
Health officials announced 30 coronavirus deaths, 128 new infections...
Quintana Roo governor tests positive for coronavirus
Quintana Roo Gov. Carlos Joaquín González confirmed Thursday that he has tested positive for coronavirus.
González, 55, indicated that he will quarantine himself at home,...
Merida’s biggest markets to close early under new restrictions
Lucas de Gálvez and San Benito markets, the city's two largest mercados, will close at 3 every afternoon while the Merida City Council further...
Another 35 perish from coronavirus, pushing Yucatan’s total past 700
In 24 hours, 35 coronavirus patients in Yucatan died, health officials announced Wednesday. It was the worst one-day fatality count since the crisis began....
Dry law returns to Yucatan, and roads will be closed nightly
Yucatan reinstated its ban on alcohol for at least a month as the state attempt to crack down on counterproductive social behavior that helps...
New cases down to double digits while another 15 die from...
New coronavirus infections totaled 86 on Tuesday, but were joined by 190 previously uncounted IMSS reports to bring the caseload up by 276. The...
