As of today, since April 18, 2020 Zihuatanejo has registered a cumulative total of 1,865 confirmed cases of Covid-19 (12 more than yesterday), 147 that have resulted in fatalities, 66 that are currently active, and approximately 1,528 that have recovered. La Unión currently only registers 1 active case while Petatlán registers 5.

We can't help but imagine what good the fortune being spent on an unnecessary cosmetic public "remodeling" project could've done if it had been spent on something we actually needed, like a hospital, the elderly in our asilos de ancianos, food for the currently jobless, STIMULUS CHECKS, removing squatters from the hillsides to more apt locations. Instead, the same fate will befall this project as each one before it. It will remain neglected. Hundreds of new plants will die from lack of water, and another mayor will come along wanting to remodel the neglected mess it will inevitably become, if our contemporary history is any lesson. I've witnessed at least 5 of these remodelings, and during the discussions for the one in 1990 I told the grandfather of the current mayor who also cut down a beloved old shade tree in the zócalo that he was putting makeup on a patient that had cancer. Dèjá vu.

For folks interested in escaping the cold and riding out the pandemia with us, here are my recommendations for some excellent lodgings.
Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Vacation Homes, Villas and Condos

Families oblivious to the ecocidio about to occur. For them it's just another day in paradise.