The area of Valle de Puebla, located in southeast Mexicali leads the city in positive Covid-19 cases, a state official said.

Evaluation and Oversight Unit Manager with the state Department of Health Néstor Hernández said the area has 17 active cases, followed by Ejido Nuevo León rural town with 11, Valle del Pedregal with 11, Angeles de Puebla with nine and Ciudad Coahuila also with nine. The third and fourth areas named are also in southeast Mexicali.

As of Wednesday, Mexicali has 1,160 active cases, higher than Tijuana’s 958 cases.

Also, the city has recorded 27,710 accumulated cases. Just on Wednesday, of the 502 new confirmed cases 183 were of Mexicali.