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Association between living in municipalities with high crowding conditions and poverty and mortality from COVID-19 in Mexico.

Viridiana RíosEdgar Denova-GutiérrezSimón Barquera
Published in: PloS one (2022)
Our data suggest that patients living in municipalities with higher rates of crowding conditions and higher rates of poverty had elevated risk of mortality from COVID-19. In Mexico, the COVID-19 pandemic is a systemic crisis linked to human development since we have seen that it affects less developed and more vulnerable municipalities. Policies to reduce vulnerabilities and develop strategies to deal with health crises like the current one needs to be considered.
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