For those that are new around here, last year Mexico's federal government created a traffic light system to help businesses and people understand the risks of Covid-19 in each state around Mexico. It was then up to the state governments to decide how to interpret these traffic light colors.
Currently, red means the highest risk of covid and that hospitals are near capacity. It means that capacity at restaurants and hotels is lowered. In some places, it will mean that you will not be able to sit inside a restaurant at all, but only place an order for take-out (unless they have outdoor seating available). For the next two weeks, Aguascalientes will be in the red. Orange is a level below red status and means that there is still a high risk of covid-19 and many restrictions are still in place. The federal government has given control to the state governments to decide how they implement these colors and what restrictions should be in place. These are the states that will remain in orange with a risk of possibly moving into the red because of continued increases in severe cases and hospitals becoming overrun. The states that are currently orange are Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Baja California, Durango, Zacatecas, and Quintana Roo (home to Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum). Baja California Sur (home to Los Cabos, La Paz, and Todos Santos) continues to have the highest number of cases per capita with over 1,000 cases for every 100,000 people. Yellow means lower risk level and most places are allowed to have up to 50% capacity. States in yellow are allowed to have fans at sporting events and bars are allowed to be open (in some states clubs are also open in Yellow). Museums and other tourist attractions can be back open with restrictions. The states currently in yellow are Mexico City, Mexico State, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Jalisco, Morelos, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Yucatán. Green means that there is a very low risk of Covid, that many places can have more than 75% capacity and almost all services can resume. Precautions like masks and temperature checks are still being taken, especially when going indoors. There are now four states currently in the green. The states that remain green are Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche, Colima, Nayarit, Michoacan, Guerrero, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Tabasco, and Veracruz. You can view the full map on the government website here. Having said all of this, the day-to-day living in many of these states hasn't changed much between green and yellow or yellow and orange. As a tourist, you likely wouldn't even notice many changes except for those places that are now take-out only. That is why I ALWAYS suggest speaking to someone who is one the ground in the location you are planning to visit so that you can get a really clear picture of what "yellow" looks like in CDMX and what "orange" looks like in Los Cabos. I've listed contacts below for many of the most popular places in Mexico. | 
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