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As of today Zihuatanejo has registered a cumulative total of 1,030 confirmed cases of Covid-19, 72 of which resulted in fatalities.

From the municipio of Tecpan de Galeana to the municipio of La Unión, much of the Costa Grande of Guerrero seems to be getting the virus somewhat under control according to data from the past two weeks, slowing its proliferation. If we can get the transfer rate to under 1 (where one person gives the virus to less than one other person statistically speaking) then I believe that is the principle determinant for considering the virus to be under control. At least according to Mexico's health authorities.

Since over 20 years ago when the proliferation of bars began to rapidly expand in el Centro de Zihuatanejo, downtown residents and many business owners have been fuming with the local government to get the noise and the drunks under control, a responsibility it has mostly shirked. But ever since the closing of the bars five months ago we downtown residents have enjoyed peaceful nights free of noise and mostly free of drunks. We have been able to converse at normal levels with the windows open. We've been able to enjoy listening to our own music at low volume on our rooftops and in our homes without the incessant THUMPING like a permanent earthquake made by the subwoofers of the half a dozen noisy bars per block. We've had no downtown bar shootings, no parade of boombox cars every night and 10 times a night on weekends, no passed out borrachos or urine in our doorways. This level of tranquility is how downtown Zihuatanejo used to be and should remain. The loudest noise at night comes from the waves. We haven't slept this well night after night in 20 years or so. But this is how we attract more affluent tourists back to Zihuatanejo and make downtown a prosperous place for locals once again. The noisy bars should be made to relocate in a Zona de Tolerancia like they used to be, and even then they operated their loud music ENCLOSED, not in open-air bars that could be heard blocks away.

As flight schedules become more reliable and regular, we hope our foreign friends will consider making their vacation plans to return. Please consider sending in your deposit as soon as possible. Lodging operators are following the correct sanitary protocols, and I know they feel confident by now that they can keep our visitors and themselves as safe as possible from contagion.

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Turtle tracks on Playa Principal.