A 30- to 35-year-old man died on suspicion of suffering from Covid-19 aboard a bus on Route 633, which runs through the main streets of Jalisco, Mexico.
It happened when the transport unit was moving to the area of the Mercat de la Mar, according to the site Milenio.com.
Witnesses said that at times the man even had to take off his mouthpiece to breathe because he was drowning. “It was desperate to see the person as a cough,” they commented.
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Finally the man collapsed and in the stop that is in the Peripheral Ring on Joan Pau Segon, in the colony Nativity scenes of the municipality of Zapopan, the driver stopped his march to request aid.
At that moment paramedics from the Green Cross arrived to help the person, they were unable to do much, minutes later they confirmed his death.
Zapopan Civil Protection and Fire Brigade staff, disinfect the area, the unit’s driver, passengers and all personnel involved, to prevent any infection in case of confirming death by coronavirus.
Meanwhile, Health Ministry workers took data from witnesses to monitor their health status; They also took samples of the corpse to perform the coronavirus screening test.
Mexico faces resurgence
Mexico’s coronavirus death toll surpassed that of India on Thursday, making it the third-highest death toll from Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The latest data from Johns Hopkins shows that Mexico has reported 155,145 deaths from covid-19 since the pandemic began, while India has reported 154,010.
India has a population of 1.35 billion, more than 10 times that of Mexico.
This happens while Mexico is battling a growing outbreak of covid-19. On Sunday, the country’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, tested positive for the virus.