The Puebla government confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus, with which 15 infected patients in the state add up.
At a press conference, state health headline Jorge Humberto Uribe detailed that the three people have a history of traveling abroad, two to Europe and one to the United States.
One of the people who traveled to Europe is a student from Teziutlán who visited Spain.
Another case is a person who traveled to Colorado, United States.
The health holder did not detail whether this case relates to the 400 people who traveled from Jalisco to Vail, Colorado, a couple of weeks ago.
With these three patients, Puebla goes from 12 to 15 confirmed cases, and is awaiting the results of 17 other people who tested positive in particular non-certified laboratories.
To date in Puebla 66 samples have been taken, of which 15 have been positive, 17 are in process and 151 contacts that are under observation have been identified.
Until Thursday night, Health authorities reported that Mexico has 164 confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19.
They also reported 448 suspected cases, one of which died, according to the director of Epidemiology, José Luis Alomía. However, its contagion by the new coronavirus is not confirmed.
On Wednesday night, the first death was recorded by COVID-19. He is a 41-year-old man who started with symptoms on March 9 and had diabetes.
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