VacaZIHones Adelantadas

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As of today, since April 18, 2020 Zihuatanejo has registered a cumulative total of 2,177 confirmed cases of Covid-19 (5 more than yesterday), 178 that have resulted in fatalities, 23 that are currently active, and approximately 1,836 that have recovered. As of yesterday there were only 2 people in the Covid-19 section of Zihuatanejo's Hospital General. La Unión and Petatlán each report only one active case currently.

Though it doesn't begin for another week, it sure looks like Semana Santa has already begun. Tourists are here in droves. Unfortunately many are walking around downtown maskless. For those of you visiting or living here, beware that the cajeros automáticos are likely to run out of money just like certain supplies at stores are likely to get scarce. Once the weekend crowd is gone you would be wise to get any banking and shopping done to last for the next two weeks as well as to take care of as many chores as you can so as not to have to be out and about during the following week. Just like we saw a surge in Covid-19 cases after the vacaciones de Navidad, I expect we will see a similar surge after the Semana Santa vacation period. Be smart instead of being a statistic.

Last night one of the downtown bars decided that 4:30 was a good time to get loud. They shouldn't have even been open at that time. A phone call to Seguridad Pública remedied the problem, and the policías even stuck around waiting a half block away for another half hour or so to see if the music started back up, which it didn't. ¡Muchísimas gracias!

A lot of folks are still without work and dependent on what they can catch for feeding their family.