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<h1 class="entry-title">Mexico City edging closer to maximum
coronavirus risk level</h1>
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<div class="subhead"> Further measures to reduce virus risk to be
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<div class="date">Published on Thursday, November 12, 2020 </div>
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<p>Mexico City is close to regressing to “maximum” risk red on the
federal government coronavirus stoplight system due to a further
increase in hospitalizations, Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said
Thursday.</p>
<p>The mayor told a virtual press conference that she will outline
tighter coronavirus restrictions on Friday, although she said that
an immediate switch to red is not in the cards.</p>
<p>Asked whether Mexico City is edging closer to red light status,
Sheinbaum responded that it was, explaining that a recent increase
in the hospitalization of coronavirus patients is concerning.</p>
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<p>She said that the number of new patients hospitalized on a daily
basis had increased from 20 to 100 over the past five days. It’s
important for citizens to know about the upward trend, the mayor
added.</p>
<p>“It’s difficult to know if it’s due to a [specific] factor, the
important thing is to take steps so that [hospitalizations] don’t
continue increasing. Tomorrow we’ll announce those steps,”
Sheinbaum said.</p>
<p>Mexico City has remained at the orange light “high risk” level
since late June but authorities in the capital nevertheless
gradually eased restrictions until last week when <a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/covid-hospitalizations-rose-steadily-in-mexico-city/">Sheinbaum
announced slightly tighter rules</a> including shorter operating
hours for some businesses.</p>
<p>The mayor said today that as of Wednesday there were 3,161
coronavirus patients in Mexico City hospitals including 803 on
ventilators. In the greater Mexico City metropolitan area, which
includes many México state municipalities, there were 4,232
hospitalized patients, she said.</p>
<p>“The majority are people older than 55, especially 60 [and
older],” Sheinbaum said, adding that many have pre-existing health
conditions that make them vulnerable to serious illness.</p>
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<p>Mexico City has recorded more than 170,000 confirmed coronavirus
cases since the start of the pandemic and almost 16,000 Covid-19
deaths, according to official data. Health authorities reported
more than 1,700 new cases and 118 Covid-19 deaths in the capital
on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The nationwide single-day tally of 7,646 on Wednesday was <a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/7600-new-virus-cases-reported-most-in-one-day-since-august-1/">the
highest since August 1</a> and the fifth highest of the
pandemic.</p>
<p>Before that figure was reported, federal Health Minister Jorge
Alcocer asserted that the pandemic is under control in all 32
states, contradicting several state governments, including those
of <a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/jalisco-to-press-emergency-button-after-increase-in-covid-cases/">Jalisco</a>,
<a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/nuevo-leon-rejects-its-orange-virus-ranking/">Nuevo
León</a> and <a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/chihuahua-announces-14-day-curfew/">Chihuahua</a>,
that have acknowledged that the situation is worsening and taken
steps to address it.</p>
<p>Alcocer’s remark is also at odds with data that shows that <a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/october-second-worst-month-for-covid-after-july-with-181000-new-cases/">October
was the second worst month of the pandemic</a> for new cases,
with almost 182,000 reported.</p>
<p>But the health minister told President López Obrador’s morning
press conference that cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all
trending down, asserting “we’re on the way down – the indicators
support this good path.”</p>
<em>Source: <a
href="https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/cdmx-sheinbaum-habra-nuevas-medidas-por-alza-en-hospitalizaciones">Milenio</a>
(sp), <a
href="https://d.elhorizonte.mx/nacional/pandemia-de-covid-esta-controlada-en-mexico-ssa/2958837">El
Horizonte</a> (sp) <br>
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