Despite official assurances that the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is contained locally, Mexico continues to see a dramatic rise in new cases–now ranking eleventh globally.
The latest figures released by Mexico’s Undersecretary of Health show 196,847 confirmed cases and 24,324 fatalities since the pandemic arrived. The health official also revealed the nation had only conducted 515,658 tests total.
The figures show a dramatic spike of 5,437 news cases on Wednesday, which pushed Mexico up in rankings just behind Iran. Mexico ranks 149 for tests per one million in population.
Mexico is in the process of reopening many businesses. However, Lopez Gatell was previously criticized for being late in implementing the restrictions. Most recently, a Harvard epidemiologist took to social media recently to underscore the scale of the problem.
Days before Mexico ordered the initial shutdowns in late March, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador kept telling the public to take their families out to eat and continue socializing.
Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and senior Breitbart management. You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.
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