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Covid Explodes in Cancun, Los Cabos as New Wave Hits Mexico
- Hotels offer special rates for the sick; tourists pouring in
- Delta variant drives the rise, filling up hospital beds again
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A third coronavirus wave fueled by the highly contagious delta variant is battering two of Mexico’s most popular tourist destinations on opposite coasts, Los Cabos in the Pacific and Cancun on the Caribbean.
In Cancun, cases have soared to a point where the Hard Rock hotel has set aside two floors for guests with symptoms. Some hotels say they offer discounts for those in quarantine until they’re no longer contagious.