National epidemiological map. Ministry of Health México. 

Editor. – The increase of coronavirus infections in Jalisco has changed the  state’s covid traffic light to yellow as of January 24, after the state  had remained green during the previous two months. The change was due to the  increase of positive cases in the previous 12 days of 65 percent, compared to the same period last year.

The Federal Health Ministry established that from January 24 to February 6 Jalisco and nine other states will remain yellow in the national epidemiological map. The yellow Covid traffic light means that the incidence of contagion is medium, personal sanitary measures are required , and  health authorities mandate that economic and social activities operate with 75 percent capacity. 

As of January 26, the Covid-19 Active Detection System, Radar Jalisco had 3,889 active cases and a cumulative total of 462,645 confirmed cases with 36 deaths and 17,917 cumulative deaths throughout the state, while Chapala had 956 cumulative positive cases and Jocotepec had 780.

 Jalisco had 407,534 accumulated cases and 17,659 deaths between the first week of January and the beginning of the pandemic, while Chapala had 902 and Jocotepec 741, which have been increasing.

The  Jalisco Secretary of Health will determine if the sanitary measures will be increased. The Government of Jalisco has expanded the number of public spaces – outside health centers- to perform antigen tests  for those  with symptoms of Covid-19, and has acquired 45 thousand additional tests to be applied randomly in public schools.

Translated Patrick O’Heffernan