San Miguel FAQ

SMA: For the third day in a row, a new record number of active confirmed cases.
MEX: New record high of new cases.

Latest Changes:

• SMA: 18 new cases, 143 active confirmed cases.
• GTO: 38 new deaths, 885 new cases.
• MEX: 631 new deaths, 12,081 new cases.

SMA: 54 deaths, 983 confirmed, 102 suspected, 786 recovered.
SMA: 54 deaths, 965 confirmed, 98 suspected, 774 recovered (previous).

SMA New cases, active cases and 7 day moving averages: Google Spreadsheet.

coronavirus.sanmigueldeallende.gob.mx (<< click for latest). (SMA numbers are also available on the GTO site, next.)
Active confirmed cases = confirmed cases - deaths - recovered.

Understanding Mexico's Covid Statistics. We are in the middle of a pandemic in one of the hardest-hit countries in the world. The confirmed cases represent a small percent of actual infections, so "don't let your guard down."

“If you don’t take care of yourself we are going to lock you up before they lock us all up. ... The next three months will be terrible in terms of infections and deaths. Remember that difficult days are coming,” Mayor Luis Alberto Villarreal said.
Atención San Miguel.

Federal platform failure may show 'false' reduction of GTO Covid-19 cases.
Periódico AM (sp) | English.

"The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases." Reuters.

SMA Covid deaths details from last 1 week (if any) Google search.

GTO: 4,080 deaths, 62,346 confirmed, 4,906 suspected.
GTO: 4,042 deaths, 61,461 confirmed, 4,698 suspected (previous).

GTO New cases, active cases and 7 day moving averages: Google Spreadsheet.

coronavirus.guanajuato.gob.mx (<< click for latest and the full chart of municipalities).

For the latest SMA News 24/7 visit News Wire Mexico: SMA. Updated every 30 minutes.
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Beginning Saturday October 3, 2020 the Government is only testing 1 out of ten symptomatic cases. The numbers will look lower but but it is due to less testing. — Joey Merrifield

This refers to people in GTO (including SMA) that present to certain medical facilities with symptoms of Covid. There is another methodology change happening at this same time described at: Covid numbers leap as authorities change methodology.

COVID Testing Policy Change
Beginning next week, SMA will offer free testing for all patients who meet symptomatic criteria. — Covid-19 SMA Oct 14

It is not clear how much these changes will impact the official statistics.
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Mexico Data and Interactive Maps

(This map was not updated for today when I checked this morning.)
Click here for the current data and interactive maps.

Worldometer


Note that these Worldometer graphs are one day behind the reported data.

MEX: 1,090,675 cases and 104,873 deaths (click for latest).
MEX: 1,078,594 cases and 104,242 deaths (previous).

USA | Canada | World (click for latest).

Johns Hopkins
Mexico | World (click for latest).
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Covid data comparisons ("New" cases, etc) are between the two most recent official reports. Official SMA and GTO data is released in the early afternoon (sometime after 2 pm) and Official Mexico data is released in the evening.
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