The country also recorded 1,219 more deaths, a near-record. The country has now seen almost 1.63 million total infections and has registered over 140,000 deaths so far in the pandemic. In Mexico City, the current center of the pandemic in Mexico, 88% percent of hospital beds are full. — Louisiana has identified the state’s first case of a coronavirus variant believed to be more transmissible than the original. The governor’s office said Saturday the case was detected in a person in the New Orleans area.

Source: Daily Sun January 17, 2021 06:22 UTC