MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican health officials reported on Sunday 442 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 23 new deaths, bringing the country’s total to 4,661 cases and 296 deaths.
However, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said last week the country might have 26,500 people infected with the fast-spreading coronavirus.
Citing government models, Lopez-Gatell said many who are infected likely did not have symptoms or were not diagnosed.
Coronavirus by state in México, April 12 2020
STATE
Deaths
Positive
Suspected
Negative
México City
56
1328
1323
4160
Sinaloa
24
229
215
628
Baja California
22
335
511
690
Estado de México
22
523
693
1671
Puebla
20
256
253
678
Quintana Roo
19
223
201
388
Tabasco
12
153
299
498
Chihuahua
12
61
136
185
Coahuila
11
157
800
829
Jalisco
11
156
603
2204
Hidalgo
9
58
21
367
Michoacán
9
61
117
430
Morelos
7
44
70
226
Guerrero
6
70
114
259
Nuevo León
5
124
1552
1554
Guanajuato
5
82
174
1392
Sonora
5
69
117
439
Yucatán
6
107
74
495
San Luis Potosí
4
53
145
715
Nayarit
4
22
31
146
Durango
4
16
61
253
Veracruz
3
78
387
767
Querétaro
3
61
51
389
Tamaulipas
3
53
125
383
Baja California Sur
2
120
266
370
Oaxaca
3
34
47
316
Zacatecas
2
15
43
240
Aguascalientes
1
55
77
622
Chiapas
3
43
50
226
Tlaxcala
2
40
85
269
Campeche
1
19
31
70
Colima
7
25
84
Deaths
Positive
Suspected
Negative
Total
296
4652
8697
21943
With information from: REUTERS / Secretaría de Salud
