Pandemic: a new country with a million cases

At the same time, Mexico ranks fourth in the world in the number of deaths from COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 98.2 thousand infected have died in it.

Mexico is the eleventh country to break the one million mark infected by coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University as of November 15.

At the same time, Mexico ranks fourth in the world in the number of deaths from COVID-19. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 98.2 thousand infected have died in it.

In the context of the deterioration of the situation with the coronavirus, the mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Scheinbaum, announced the suspension of a program that allowed bars and discos to reopen if they served food, writes RBC. Since November 14, these establishments have been suspended for at least two weeks.

Restaurants in Mexico City will be able to operate until 10:00 pm with an occupancy rate of no more than one third. Cinemas, museums and gyms must close at 7:00 p.m. In addition, gatherings of more than ten people are prohibited in Mexico City, reports Independent en Español.

In addition, the same check-in system operates in the Mexican capital. Visitors to establishments must register their phone number using a QR code. If later it turns out that someone has contracted the coronavirus, the rest of the people who were with the patient in the same room will receive an SMS message.

More than a million infected were also detected in Italy, Colombia, Argentina, Great Britain and Spain. Russia (1.9 million people) on the list of countries in terms of the number of infected people fell to sixth place, and France (1.91 million) climbed to fifth with a slight margin.

The top three COVID-19 cases are the United States (10.9 million), India (8.8 million), and Brazil (5.8 million). The total number of coronavirus cases in the world approached 54 million.

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