Jocotepec City Hall building. Photo: Héctor Ruíz. 

Héctor Ruiz Mejía: So far in January alone, the Jocotepec City Hall has a record of 90 officials who have been infected with Covid-19, which has affected the operation of a large percentage of the departments.

Among the affected departments is that of Tourism and Handicrafts, with one positive case, as well as the Treasury, where its head, Marcela Góngora Jiménez, also tested positive.

In Social Communication, as of the closing of this edition, at least two cases had been confirmed and are currently in isolation, said Felipe Aguilar, director of said agency.

There are currently 25 active cases within the City Hall, of which so far no serious cases have been reported in any of those affected.

On the other hand, at least 23 new cases of coronavirus in less than a week were registered in the municipality of Jocotepec, according to official figures from Radar Jalisco.

This resulted in 780 accumulated cases in the Lakeside municipality, with a persistent upward trend, since according to municipal medical authorities, the real upturn after the patron saint festivities is expected in mid-February.

However, doctors of the municipality assured that this figure is far from the full number, since this is only the official figure, without counting the infections detected by private medical institutions or even infections that were never detected.

According to municipal authorities, as of January 27th, 90 public servants of the Jocotepec City Council alone tested positive for the virus, which has affected the functioning of a large percentage of the departments.

Translated by Amy Esperanto