MEXICO CITY, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — MEXICO’s Health Ministry reported a record daily increase of 12,127 COVID-19 cases, bringing its national caseload to 1,156,770.
Meanwhile, the country’s death toll from the virus increased by 690, reaching 108,863.
Mexico now ranks fourth among Latin American countries in terms of documented COVID-19 cases, following Brazil, Argentina and Colombia.
URUGUAY is bracing for a record number of daily COVID-19 cases after seeing huge increases in infections in recent days, Minister of Public Health Daniel Salinas said.
At a press conference, Salinas said 177 new cases had been confirmed by Friday morning, “so we are not surprised that there could be a new record” to break the previous day’s high of 238 confirmed cases.
However, the rise in cases could also be due to stepped up testing and tracing, he said, adding that “we go out to look for the sick … we do the tests, we go out to look for their contacts, and we are working hard.”
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced new measures to contain the outbreak, including remote working for all civil servants, the suspension of sports and activities at indoor gyms, and closing of bars and restaurants.
Since March, Uruguay has accumulated 6,455 cases of COVID-19 and 80 deaths from the disease, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, in the USA a child who has contracted the coronavirus was stopped by Maryland state police minutes before boarding a plane on Thanksgiving eve, a local police official said.
The 9-year-old boy had tested positive for COVID-19 in Wicomico County.
Police intercepted them at the airport and helped them get in touch with the Wicomico health department, adding that the mother and her son have returned home to take self-quarantine as required.
According to the Johns Hopkins University, more than 205,000 people in the eastern state of the United State have infected with COVID-19 and a total of 4,764 have died of the virus. — NNN-AGENCIES