Twenty-eight students who returned to Texas after spring break at Mexico's Cabo San Lucas beach resort have tested positive for coronavirus.
The 28 confirmed cases are self-isolating and dozens more are under quarantine while being monitored and tested, the city of Austin said in a statement on Tuesday.
Mexican officials have pushed back against the suggestion that they picked up the virus at the tourist spot, as the reports drew attention to possible low detection of cases in the country. "About a week-and-a-half ago, approximately 70 people in their 20s departed in a chartered plane for a spring break trip," the city said, adding that some of the group returned on separate commercial flights. "Currently, 28 young adults on this trip