COVID on the Wane but Some Mexican Hospitals Still Seeing High Demand 
Mexico News Daily
According to Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell, new cases peaked the week of July 3-9, when new cases averaged 28,000 per day. Read more...
The BA.4 and BA.5 Coronavirus Subvariants Now Dominate Worldwide
The Washington Post
In the past year, the rapid mutation of the coronavirus has triggered new variants, which have swept across the world: Delta last summer, then omicron in winter and more recently omicron's subvariants BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5. Read more...
Seven Out of Ten COVID Tests Are Positive in Mexico, Higher Than Beginning of Pandemic
PVDN
The health authorities have confirmed that Mexico is in the fifth wave of COVID-19 infections, even having a higher positivity than the first peaks of cases at the beginning of the pandemic. Read more...
Mexico Registers Highest Number of Deaths From the Fifth Wave of COVID
El Financiero
Through this Tuesday, 215,794 active cases of COVID-19 have been found predominantly in the following states: Mexico City, Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo, Colima Sinaloa, Yucatan, Queretaro, Nuevo Leon, Nayarit and Tabasco. Read more...
The Worst Virus Variant Just Arrived. The Pandemic Is Not Over.
Washington Post
The coronavirus is speeding up once again, mutating, evading immunity and still on the march. The arrival of subvariant BA.5 should be a reminder that the finish line in this race is nowhere to be seen. Read more...
Mexico Reports Most Daily COVID Infections in Almost 5 Months
Vallarta Daily News
In just 24 hours this week, Mexico reported 31,116 infections and 60 deaths from COVID-19. The last time that Mexico reported more than 31,000 infections in one day was on February 11 of this year. Read more...
Coronavirus Tests and Infections Increase in Puerto Vallarta
Santini Bracho - Vallarta Opina
This week a new public service area was installed in Hidalgo Park for testing and detecting coronavirus infections. The recent recent addition of a free testing module at the Naval Hospital coincides with the increase in the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Puerto Vallarta. Read more...
Mexico Adds for the First Time 23 Thousand Daily Cases of COVID in Fifth Wave
D1SoftballNews.com
The Ministry of Health detected 23,148 recent cases of COVID-19, the highest daily figure during the fifth wave of infections. Read more...
Fears of a COVID-19 Summer Surge Prompt Experts to Call for Return to Masking
Wency Leung - The Globe and Mail
It's time to bring back indoor mask-wearing requirements, some health professionals say amid concerns of a potential surge in COVID-19 cases this summer. Read more...
With Rising COVID-19 Cases in Vallarta, New Testing Center Opens at Naval Hospital
PVDN
Given the increase in cases of coronavirus in the city, it was agreed between the Secretary of the Navy of Mexico and the municipal government to create this space for the detection of infections. Read more...
COVID Cases Increase in Puerto Vallarta
Mexico Daily Post
The Puerto Vallarta health sector has reported that in recent days there has been an increase in the positivity of COVID-19 detection tests, up to 20%. Read more...
COVID and Discrimination Aggravated Maternal Mortality in Latin America
Mario Osava - IPS
The Pan American Health Organization, states that "maternal mortality is unacceptably high" and that they are "mostly preventable" deaths, which especially affect pregnant women in rural areas. Read more...
'Bring Back Facemasks, Pandemic Far From Over,' Mexico Doctor Says
Salvador Rivera - WIProud
The president of Tijuana's Medical Health Cluster, Dr. Abraham Sanchez Frehem, is imploring Tijuana officials to bring back facemasks as a way to keep "the guard up." Read more...
COVID Was Vanishing Last Memorial Day. US Cases Are Five Times Higher Now.
Fenit Nirappil - Washington Post
The United States is recording more than 100,000 infections a day - at least five times higher than this point last year - as it confronts the most transmissible versions of the virus yet. Read more...
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