40 people died in Mexico

Authorities said as many as 40 people died after drinking methanol in two states in central Mexico. The latest in a series of mass bad-alcohol poisonings registered since coronavirus lockdowns began and many towns banned legitimate liquor sales. In the township of Chiconcuautla in Puebla state, Mayor Artemio Hernández said Wednesday. That at least 18 people had died of presumed methanol poisoning, but the city's Facebook page put the number at 25. The state government of Mexico said it had closed the stores where the suspect liquor was sold, and seized about 50 gallons of it.