Mexico: change in sales of Mercado Libre due to COVID-19 2020, by category

As of March 2020, sales of homecare and laundry products in Mercado Libre, an online marketplace, increased by 403 percent in Mexico as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Mass-consumption products, and pharmaceuticals rose by 120 percent and 114 percent, respectively. On February 28, the first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the country. As of March 30, 2020, the number of COVID-19 registered cases in Mexico amounted to 993.

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