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As of today, since April 18, 2020 Zihuatanejo has registered a cumulative total of 2,419 confirmed cases of Covid-19 (2 more than yesterday), 193 that have resulted in fatalities, 30 that are currently active, and approximately 2,047 that have recovered. La Unión currently has 0 active cases and Petatlán has 1. Adults from 50 to 59 (and anyone older who hasn't already been vaccinated) can receive their Cansino vaccine (single dose good for 6 months) this week in Coahuayutla at the Hospital Básico Comunitario de Coahuayutla.

Today on Playa Principal the government removed the structures used by Valeria's II and Casa Arcadia for dining on the beach. They will be replaced by identical palapas with huge concrete posts but with much less seating capacity. Unfortunately several beautiful old palm trees must be "moved" (most likely they will be cut down and replaced with new little palms), including the last tall palm tree on the beach. A shame the restaurants didn't tell the government NO GRACIAS. They are both losing space, not gaining it, and the loss of the tall old palm trees all up and down the beach has really made it much less attractive than it was. Yet I'm already seeing comments by visitors saying how lovely it all looks. There's no accounting for taste, even less when you're just a brief visitor. As long as the beach is there and the water and sky remain blue it looks good to most tourists, right?

"Florida can never really come to grips with saving the environment because a very large percentage of the population at any given time just got there. So why should they fight to turn the clock back? It looks great to them the way it is. Two years later, as they are beginning to feel uneasy, a few thousand more people are just discovering it all for the first time and wouldn't change a thing. And meanwhile the people who knew what it was like twenty years ago are an ever-dwindling minority, a voice too faint to be heard."
John D. MacDonald, "The Empty Copper Sea" (1978)

#PreservemosPlayaManzanillo

It will never be as pretty again as it was with all the tall palm trees. Someone already uprooted one of the small crocodile sculptures but fortunately it was rescued by the museum watchman before anyone could make off with it.