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<p><img
src="https://mk0mexiconewsdam2uje.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/masks.jpg"
alt="Masked pedestrians in Mexico City" width="850"
height="552"> Masked pedestrians in Mexico City, where
no new restrictions will be implemented despite rising
case numbers. </p>
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<p>Mexico City and México state will switch to high risk
orange on the coronavirus stoplight map on Monday as the
third wave of the pandemic continues to worsen.</p>
<p>Mexico City official Eduardo Clark said Friday that the
capital will remain at the high risk level until at
least August 1. México state Governor Alfredo del Mazo
said that state will also be orange next week.</p>
<p>The two neighboring entities are among 13 states
painted orange on the new federal stoplight map,
published late on Friday afternoon. The other 11 orange
states are Baja California Sur, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas,
Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Guerrero,
Oaxaca and Quintana Roo.</p>
<p>There is one maximum risk red state – <a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/sinaloa-goes-red-several-states-regress-to-yellow-but-federal-stoplight-map-forgotten/">Sinaloa</a>
– and 15 are medium risk yellow: Baja California,
Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí,
Guanajuato, Querétaro, Michoacán, Puebla, Tlaxcala,
Morelos, Tabasco, Campeche and Yucatán.</p>
<p>There are just three low risk green light states, a
reduction of 16 compared to <a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-stoplight-risk-map-remains-unchanged/">the
previous map</a>. They are Coahuila, Aguascalientes
and Chiapas.</p>
<figure id="attachment_152518"
aria-describedby="caption-attachment-152518"
class="wp-caption"><img
src="https://mk0mexiconewsdam2uje.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/stoplight.jpg"
alt="coronavirus stoplight map" width="850"
height="562"><figcaption
id="caption-attachment-152518" class="wp-caption-text">The
coronavirus stoplight map is showing a lot less green
than the last one.</figcaption></figure>
<p>The new map will take effect Monday and remain in force
until August 8, although states have the authority to
set their own risk levels and coronavirus restrictions.</p>
<p>Mexico City remains the country’s coronavirus epicenter
with approximately one third of the estimated active
cases located there. The Health Ministry said Friday
there are almost 108,000 estimated active cases,<a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/active-covid-case-numbers-soar-44-to-92000-in-one-week/">
a sharp increase from just under 93,000 two days ago</a>.</p>
<p>There are almost 3,400 hospitalized Covid patients in
the metropolitan area of Mexico City, an increase of
more than 800 compared to a week ago. Most recent cases
in the capital are among young people, the majority of
whom are not vaccinated.</p>
<p>Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said that stricter restrictions
won’t be imposed despite the shift to orange. But Del
Mazo said that capacity levels at businesses will be
reduced to 50% of normal levels in México state.</p>
<p>Many other parts of Mexico have also recently seen a
steep rise in case numbers. Two of Mexico’s most popular
beach destinations – Cancún and Los Cabos – have
recorded surges.</p>
<p>According to the Bloomberg news agency, cases in Cancún
have soared to a point where the Hard Rock hotel has
allocated two floors for guests with symptoms of
Covid-19.</p>
<figure id="attachment_152519"
aria-describedby="caption-attachment-152519"
class="wp-caption"><img
src="https://mk0mexiconewsdam2uje.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/stats-7.jpg"
alt="Coronavirus cases and deaths in Mexico"
width="850" height="1130"><figcaption
id="caption-attachment-152519" class="wp-caption-text">Coronavirus
cases and deaths in Mexico as reported by day. <span>milenio</span></figcaption></figure>
<p>Authorities in Baja California Sur, home to Los Cabos,
are scrambling to add beds to hospitals to accommodate a
growing number of patients.</p>
<p>Driven by widespread circulation of the highly
contagious Delta variant, coronavirus case numbers have
risen sharply this week.</p>
<p>The Health Ministry reported more than 16,000 new cases
on Friday for a second consecutive day, more than 15,000
on Wednesday and almost 14,000 on Tuesday. The real
number of new cases is likely much higher as the testing
rate in Mexico remains low compared to many countries.</p>
<p>The accumulated case tally now stands at 2.72 million
while the official Covid-19 death toll – also considered
a vast undercount – is 237,954 with 328 additional
fatalities reported on Friday. Deaths during the current
wave of the virus have not reached the levels seen in
the first two waves as the majority of older, more
vulnerable Mexicans are vaccinated.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, health authorities reported 4,907
fatalities in the first 23 days of this month for an
average of 213 pandemic deaths per day.</p>
<p>More than 58.2 million vaccine doses have been
administered in Mexico since the national vaccination
campaign began seven months ago, including a new record
of 1.37 million on Thursday. More than 40% of the adult
population has received at least one shot but most
people in their 40s and 30s are still not fully
vaccinated and most of those aged 29 and below – with
the exception of residents of some northern border
cities – have not yet had the opportunity to get a shot.</p>
<p>However, vaccination of people in the 18-29 age bracket
will begin in Mexico City next week. Registration on <a
href="https://mivacuna.salud.gob.mx/index.php">the
government’s vaccination website</a> is open to all
people above 18 no matter which part of the country they
live in.</p>
<p><em>With reports from <a
href="https://www.milenio.com/politica/semaforo-covid-cdmx-retrocede-naranja-26-julio-1-agosto-2021">Milenio</a>
and <a
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-23/covid-explodes-in-cancun-and-los-cabos-as-third-wave-hits-mexico">Bloomberg</a> </em></p>
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