There are 82 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Mexico, 29 more in one day
Mexican authorities reported on Monday that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country amounted to 82, an increase of 29 cases from the 53 registered on Sunday.
Of the 832 tests carried out on COVID-19 in Mexico, 82 have tested positive, 579 have tested negative and another 171 are pending results, which is why they are considered suspicious cases.
13% of the positive cases have been hospitalized and the majority are stable, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Government of Mexico.
In a press conference, the undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, said that the sick businessman of COVID-19 whose death was denied by the authorities yesterday remains "in a delicate state."
While countries like Colombia, Argentina and Chile have announced the closure of their borders due to the Wuhan coronavirus crisis, Mexico has not yet adopted drastic measures beyond announcing the closure of schools on March 20, suspending massive events and recommending measures. of hygiene.
The Mexican government rejected on Monday the COVID-19 test to the country's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and ruled out canceling the tours that the president carries out throughout the country in which he maintains close contact with people.
Some state governments, critical of the slowness of the federal government's measures, have announced that they will close their schools from this Tuesday.
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the largest in Latin America, also announced that classes will begin to be suspended on Tuesday, while the Mexican episcopate asked priests to suppress face-to-face masses and broadcast them online.
For his part, the Mexican foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, crossed tweets with the Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, who caused the cancellation of a flight between Mexico and El Salvador by denouncing without evidence that there were passengers with COVID-19 on board.
Bukele called the Mexican authorities "irresponsible", while Ebrard maintained that no passenger was ill and asked the Salvadoran to reveal the origin of his information.
