As of August 2, 2023, Mexico was the third Latin American country with the highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, reaching over 7.6 million patients. By federate entity, Mexico City ranked first in number of confirmed cases, with around 1.9 million infections recorded by September 21, 2023. The State of Mexico followed with 760,699 reported cases of the disease.

The leading cause of death in Mexico in 2020
In 2020, COVID-19 was the leading cause of death in Mexico. The country reported its first fatal case due to the disease in March 2020. Since then, the number of COVID-19 deaths has increased steadily, reaching 334,336 deaths as of August 2, 2023. These figures place Mexico fifth in the total number of deaths related to COVID worldwide and second in Latin America, just after Brazil.

Mexico’s vaccination strategy Mexico began its vaccination campaign at the end of December 2020, an immunization strategy that prioritized healthcare workers and those most at risk of developing severe COVID-19, such as the older population. With more than 223 million vaccines administered as of August 14, 2023, Mexico ranked as the Latin American country with the second highest number of applied vaccines, while slightly over three quarters of its population received at least one vaccine dose against the disease by March 2023.

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The first case of COVID-19 in Mexico was detected on March 1, 2020. By the end of the year, the total number of confirmed infections had surpassed 1.4 million. Meanwhile, the number of deaths related to the disease was nearing 148,000. On May 11, 2025, the number of cases recorded had reached 7.6 million, while the number of deaths amounted to around 335,000. The relevance of the Omicron variant Omicron, a highly contagious COVID-19 variant, was declared of concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the end of November 2021. As the pandemic unfolded, it became the variant with the highest share of COVID-19 cases in the world. In Latin America, countries such as Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico were strongly affected. In fact, by 2023 nearly all analyzed sequences within these countries corresponded to an Omicron subvariant. Beyond a health crisis As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed worldwide, the respiratory disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 virus first detected in Wuhan brought considerable economic consequences for countries and households. While Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices declined in 2020 compared to the previous year, a survey conducted among adults during the first months of 2021 showed COVID-19 impacted families mainly through finances and employment, with around one third of households in Mexico reporting an income reduction and the same proportion having at least one household member suffering from the disease.Find the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus pandemic in the world under Statista’s COVID-19 facts and figures site.

Mexico recorded 7603871 Coronavirus Cases since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Mexico reported 334013 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Coronavirus Cases.

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Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: No. of Deaths: To Date: Baja California Sur data was reported at 2,748.000 Person in 24 Oct 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2,748.000 Person for 23 Oct 2022. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: No. of Deaths: To Date: Baja California Sur data is updated daily, averaging 1,506.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 24 Oct 2022, with 970 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,748.000 Person in 24 Oct 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 31 Mar 2020. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: No. of Deaths: To Date: Baja California Sur data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table MX.D001: Ministry of Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued). Current day data is released daily between 7PM and 11PM Mexico City Time. Weekend data are updated following Monday morning, Hong Kong Time. Number of Deaths are based on the state where it is reported.

Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: Confirmed Cases: To Date: Jalisco data was reported at 277,335.000 Person in 17 Aug 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 276,948.000 Person for 16 Aug 2022. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: Confirmed Cases: To Date: Jalisco data is updated daily, averaging 86,289.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 17 Aug 2022, with 902 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 277,335.000 Person in 17 Aug 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 13 Mar 2020. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: Confirmed Cases: To Date: Jalisco data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table MX.D001: Ministry of Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued). Current day data is released daily between 7PM and 11PM Mexico City Time. Weekend data are updated following Monday morning, Hong Kong Time. Number of Confirmed Cases are based on the state where it is reported.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a health shock, but the secondary economic shock is equally formidable. Access to timely, policy-relevant information on the awareness of, responses to and impacts of the health situation and related restrictions are critical to effectively design, target and evaluate programme and policy interventions. This research project investigates the main socioeconomic impacts of the pandemic on UNHCR people of concern (PoC) – and nationals where possible – in terms of access to information, services and livelihoods opportunities. Three geographic regions were taken into consideration: Southern Mexico, Mexico City and the Northern and Central Industrial Corridor. Two rounds of data collection took place for this survey, with the purpose of following up with the respondents.

Geographic coverage

Southern Mexico, Mexico City, Northern and Central Mexico

Analysis unit

Household

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The ProGres database served as the sampling frame due to the unavailability of other reliable sources. Likewise, the sample was stratified by location and population groups based on country of origin helping to account for the different economic realities from one part of the country to another, as well as differences between nationalities. Following discussion with the UNHCR country team and regional bureau, three geographic regions were presented for consideration : a) Southern Mexico; b) Mexico City; and c) the Northern and Central Industrial Corridor. Additionally, partners expressed interest in the Venezuelan community as a separate group, primarily residing in Mexico City, Monterrey and Cancun. The population of the four groups represents 67% of the active registered refugees in Mexico. Out of the 35,140 refugee households in the four regions, 26,688 families have at least one phone number representing an overall high rate of phone penetration. Across regions of interest, Hondurans make up the single largest group of PoC in Southern Mexico (38%), and the Northern and Central Industrial Corridor (43%), whereas Venezuelans make up over half of the PoC population in Mexico City (52%). Based on the above, a sampling strategy based on four separate strata was proposed in order to adequately represent the regions and sub-groups of interest: 1. Southern Mexico – Honduran and El Salvadoran PoC population 2. Mexico City – Honduran, El Salvadoran and Cuban PoC population 3. Northern and Central Industrial Corridor – Hondurans and El Salvadoran PoC population 4. Venezuelan Population – Mexico City, Monterey (Nuevo Leon) and Cancun (Quintana Roo) A comparable sub-sample of the national population in the same locations PoC were sampled was also generated using random digit dialing (RDD). This was made possible through the inclusion of location-based area codes in the list of phone numbers, however selected participants were also asked about their current location as a first filter to proceed with the phone survey to ensure a comparable national sub-sample.

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]

Research instrument

Questionnaire contained the following sections: consent, knowledge, behaviour, access, employment, income, food security, concerns, resilience, networks, demographics

Context

The data obtained from the Mexico's General Direction of Epidemiology contains multiple information on the current pandemic situation. However, these data are saturated with features that may not be very useful in a predictive analysis.

Due to this I decided to clean and format the original data and generate a dataset that groups confirmed, dead, recovered and active cases by State, Municipality and Date.

This is very useful if you want to generate geographically specific models

Content

The data set contains the covid cases columns (positive, dead, recovered and active) that are counted by state and municipality.

I.e

Would you like to see the data cleaning notebook? You can check it in my Github

Classification criteria

• Recovered cases: If the patient is not dead and it has been more than 15 days then he is considered as recovered.
• Active cases: If the patien isn't recovered an isn't dead then is active

Time lapse

The first documented case is on 2020-01-13. The dataset will be updated every day adding new cases

Acknowledgements

For this project, the data are obtained from the official URL of the government of México whose author is “Dirección General de Epidemiología”:

Corona Virus Data: https://www.gob.mx/salud/documentos/datos-abiertos-152127

Data Dictionary: https://www.gob.mx/salud/documentos/datos-abiertos-152127

Differences in results

According to the official results obtained from: https://coronavirus.gob.mx/datos/

• The main difference between the official data and this dataset is in the recovered cases. This is because the Mexican government only considers outpatient cases when counting recovered cases. This dataset considers outpatient and inpatient cases when counting recovered people.

• The second difference is some rows that contained nonsense information(I think this was a data collection error by the institution), these were eliminated.

WHO: COVID-2019: Number of Patients: Death: To-Date: Mexico data was reported at 334,947.000 Person in 24 Dec 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 334,947.000 Person for 23 Dec 2023. WHO: COVID-2019: Number of Patients: Death: To-Date: Mexico data is updated daily, averaging 308,304.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 24 Dec 2023, with 1403 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 334,947.000 Person in 24 Dec 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 19 Mar 2020. WHO: COVID-2019: Number of Patients: Death: To-Date: Mexico data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Health Organization. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table WHO.D002: World Health Organization: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019): by Country and Region (Discontinued).

New Covid cases per month in Mexico, March, 2023 The most recent value is 78242 new Covid cases as of March 2023, an increase compared to the previous value of 77924 new Covid cases. Historically, the average for Mexico from February 2020 to March 2023 is 198464 new Covid cases. The minimum of 5 new Covid cases was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 1331434 new Covid cases was reached in January 2022. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

SALUD: COVID-19: No. of Deaths: To Date: Mexico City data was reported at 57,231.000 Person in 24 Oct 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 57,231.000 Person for 23 Oct 2022. SALUD: COVID-19: No. of Deaths: To Date: Mexico City data is updated daily, averaging 44,419.500 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 24 Oct 2022, with 970 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57,231.000 Person in 24 Oct 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 18 Mar 2020. SALUD: COVID-19: No. of Deaths: To Date: Mexico City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table MX.D001: Ministry of Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued). Current day data is released daily between 7PM and 11PM Mexico City Time. Weekend data are updated following Monday morning, Hong Kong Time. Number of Deaths are based on the state where it is reported.

According to a survey carried out in July 2020, ** percent of respondents in Mexico none of their family members, friends, neighbors or co-workers had died from COVID-19, while ** percent stated knowing one or two people who had died as a result of complications from this coronavirus.

Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: Confirmed Cases: To Date: Oaxaca data was reported at 144,158.000 Person in 17 Aug 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 143,948.000 Person for 16 Aug 2022. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: Confirmed Cases: To Date: Oaxaca data is updated daily, averaging 46,424.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 17 Aug 2022, with 902 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 144,158.000 Person in 17 Aug 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 13 Mar 2020. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: Confirmed Cases: To Date: Oaxaca data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table MX.D001: Ministry of Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued). Current day data is released daily between 7PM and 11PM Mexico City Time. Weekend data are updated following Monday morning, Hong Kong Time. Number of Confirmed Cases are based on the state where it is reported.

According to a survey carried out in Mexico in August 2020, 45 percent of respondents stated to somewhat or highly approve the actions taken by Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador to control the spread of COVID-19 in the country. Compared to the August edition of the survey, the overall approval rate on AMLO's response to the pandemic increased by seven percentage points in the month of October.

New Covid deaths per million people in Mexico, March, 2023 The most recent value is 3 new Covid deaths per million people as of March 2023, a decline compared to the previous value of 4 new Covid deaths per million people. Historically, the average for Mexico from February 2020 to March 2023 is 69 new Covid deaths per million people. The minimum of 0 new Covid deaths per million people was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 302 new Covid deaths per million people was reached in January 2021. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Total Covid cases per million people in Mexico, March, 2023 The most recent value is 59148 cases per million as of March 2023, an increase compared to the previous value of 58535 cases per million. Historically, the average for Mexico from February 2020 to March 2023 is 29120 cases per million. The minimum of 0 cases per million was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 59148 cases per million was reached in March 2023. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has paralyzed our societies, leading to self-isolation and quarantine for several days. As the 10th most populated country in the world, Mexico is on a major threat by COVID-19 due to the limitations of intensive care capacities, about 1.5 hospital beds for every 1,000 citizens. In this paper, we characterize the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico and projected different scenarios to evaluate sharp or gradual quarantine lifting strategies. Mexican government relaxed strict social distancing regulations on June 1, 2020, deriving to pandemic data with large fluctuations and uncertainties of the tendency of the pandemic in Mexico. Our results suggest that lifting social confinement must be gradually sparse while maintaining a decentralized region strategy among the Mexican states. To substantially lower the number of infections, simulations highlight that a fraction of the population that represents the elderly should remain in social confinement (approximately 11.3% of the population); a fraction of the population that represents the confined working class (roughly 27% of the population) must gradually return in at least four parts in consecutive months; and to the last a fraction of the population that assumes the return of students to schools (about 21.7%). As the epidemic progresses, deconfinement strategies need to be continuously re-adjusting with the new pandemic data. All mathematical models, including ours, are only a possibility of many of the future, however, the different scenarios that were developed here highlight that a gradual decentralized region deconfinement with a significant increase in healthcare capacities is paramount to avoid a high death toll in Mexico.

Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: No. of Deaths: To Date: Sinaloa data was reported at 9,948.000 Person in 24 Oct 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 9,948.000 Person for 23 Oct 2022. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: No. of Deaths: To Date: Sinaloa data is updated daily, averaging 6,416.500 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 24 Oct 2022, with 970 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9,948.000 Person in 24 Oct 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 29 Mar 2020. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: No. of Deaths: To Date: Sinaloa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table MX.D001: Ministry of Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued). Current day data is released daily between 7PM and 11PM Mexico City Time. Weekend data are updated following Monday morning, Hong Kong Time. Number of Deaths are based on the state where it is reported.

Total Covid tests, end of month in Mexico, June, 2022 The most recent value is 15600000 total Covid tests as of June 2022, an increase compared to the previous value of 15400000 total Covid tests. Historically, the average for Mexico from February 2020 to June 2022 is 6980567 total Covid tests. The minimum of 10488 total Covid tests was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 15600000 total Covid tests was reached in June 2022. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: Confirmed Cases: To Date: Nayarit data was reported at 71,233.000 Person in 17 Aug 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 71,161.000 Person for 16 Aug 2022. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: Confirmed Cases: To Date: Nayarit data is updated daily, averaging 12,041.000 Person from Feb 2020 (Median) to 17 Aug 2022, with 902 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 71,233.000 Person in 17 Aug 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 20 Mar 2020. Mexico SALUD: COVID-19: Confirmed Cases: To Date: Nayarit data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health. The data is categorized under High Frequency Database’s Disease Outbreaks – Table MX.D001: Ministry of Health: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) (Discontinued). Current day data is released daily between 7PM and 11PM Mexico City Time. Weekend data are updated following Monday morning, Hong Kong Time. Number of Confirmed Cases are based on the state where it is reported.