Tag: Coronavirus
Merida takes 1st step in returning to business as usual
On the first day of the first wave in reopening the economy, shoppers flocked downtown for some overdue errands.
A 1-day decline: 3 deaths, 30 new infections in 24 hours
Yucatan's daily coronavirus deaths declined Sunday, with three fatalities in the past 24 hours. New infections were also relatively low at 30, after averaging...
Biciruta, Noche Blanca gone for 2020
Any hope of Merida's cultural and civic programs returning along with restaurants and hotels has been dashed this year.
1-month-old baby is Yucatan’s youngest coronavirus patient
Another 41 coronavirus cases were detected in Yucatan in the past 24 hours, and a one-month-old baby is the state's tiniest patient. Health authorities...
Orange is the new red, governor tells federal authorities
Every state in Mexico is still at a "red light," but Yucatan is moving forward with reopening the economy just the same.
Active coronavirus cases level off as 5 more die in 24...
Yucatan's government officials had two battles on their hands Friday.
A partial comeback for restaurants, hotels and others begins Monday
Assuming the tropical storm has passed and Yucatan has recovered from flood damage, the first wave of the state's economic recovery can begin Monday,...
COVID-19 recoveries jump while 52 cases, 6 deaths are reported
Coronavirus recoveries far outnumbered new infections, a breakdown of today's Yucatan Health Ministry data revealed.
Six more coronavirus patients died in the last 24 hours....
Yucatan reports another 11 dead, 43 new coronavirus cases in 24...
For the fourth time since the coronavirus crisis arrived, 11 patients in Yucatan died in a span of 24 hours. That is the highest...
Coronavirus cases in Yucatan approach 2,000
With 56 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Yucatan is close to having registered 2,000 confirmed cases since the start of the...
Monday’s 8 COVID-19 deaths range in age from 33 to 82
State health authorities reported 40 new coronavirus infections Monday in addition to eight deaths from COVID-19.
A 33-year-old Espita man with HIV was the youngest...
In Mexico, coronavirus restart begins at a red light
The Mexican government had planned to start reopening the country today, but with deaths and new infections from the COVID-19 pandemic scaling new peaks,...
New cases outnumber recoveries as 7 more die from COVID-19
While 44 coronavirus patients recovered in the past 24 hours, 52 new cases arrived.
Of the newly detected infections, 41 were found in the...
75 new cases in Yucatan as death count passes 200
The coronavirus continued to rage against Yucatan with nine deaths in the last 24 hours and a near-record one-day high of 75 new cases....
Another market in Merida closed down after 17 workers test positive...
A municipal meat market will be closed for 14 days starting Monday after health workers found 17 out of 35 workers there tested positive...
Man, 26, is youngest coronavirus fatality so far in Yucatan
Eleven more COVID-19 deaths were announced Friday, including that of a 26-year-old Maxcanú man, the youngest patient so far in Yucatan to lose his...
Seeing red: Yucatan’s recovery stalls out at the traffic light
On the road to a "new normal," Yucatan is stalled at a red light.
The federal "traffic light" system began Thursday, a signal to states...
No letup: 11 deaths, 59 new coronavirus cases reported
COVID-19 deaths in Yucatan grew Thursday to 181 when 11 more fatalities were reported, tying the May 21 record for deaths in one day.
Another...
AMLO to visit Merida, other cities, despite coronavirus contingencies
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is planning a tour of southeast Mexico next week despite the continuing coronavirus spread.
Flying commercially, AMLO will visit...
CFE blames worker shortage on guestimated electric bills
Merida, Yucatan — A worker shortage connected to the coronavirus lockdown led the CFE to issue electric bills without tracking actual power usage by reading...
What will reopen, what won’t, as Yucatan reopens its economy
Yucatan Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal announced late Wednesday which businesses can reopen and which ones cannot in a series of "waves."
The first wave...
8 more die in 24 hours as Yucatan infections decline
Coronavirus infections declined in Yucatan in the last 24 hours, but eight additional deaths caused continued grief and alarm amid the coronavirus crisis.
In total,...
Nurse’s car set on fire; police deny link to coronavirus fears
Updates to include advisory from police distancing the instance from recent attacks on health-care workers.
Merida, Yucatan — Two men set fire to a nurse's automobile...
Deaths and COVID-19 cases soar again; peak of crisis yet to...
Nine coronavirus patients died and 45 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours, Yucatan health officials said Tuesday.
Another 51 patients have...
