General Motors starts to resume plants in Mexico

General Motors stated on Thursday that it was gradually resuming the transmissions and motors lines at its Mexican plants located in Ramos Arizpe in the northern state of Coahuila and in the central city of Silao.

GM Mexico said the assembly plants at Ramos Arizpe and Silao could resume operations on Friday depending on suppliers, and that it was still reviewing when to resume plants in the city of Toluca and in the state of San Luis Potosi.

Mexico registered its first case of coronavirus weeks after the United States and Canada and the toll of daily infections and deaths reached new peaks over the past few days in the country.

About 59,567 people in Mexico have been confirmed as being infected with the coronavirus. The virus has killed 6,510 people in the country.