Hidalgo Governor Omar Fayad told local media that 15 or 16 out of the 17 fatalities were COVID-19 patients. The media said the deaths occurred when flooding caused by days of rain knocked out electricity at the hospital. In pictures shared by Fayad on social media, desperate nurses were pushing beds out of the hospital to try to bring patients to safety. Video footage also showed how patients, some of them intubated, were moved out into speedboats. "A lot of rain has fallen in the Valley of Mexico and it will keep raining," he said.

Source: bd News24 September 07, 2021 23:37 UTC