The Killid Group
28 Oct 2020
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 28: A couple walk at the yard of Beauty Arts Palace on February 28, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Secretariat of Health of Mexico announced on Friday the first two confirmed cases of COVID-19. One of the patients is in Mexico City and the other in Sinaloa, a second test is pending on the latter but is being treated as confirmed. Both patients had traveled to northern Italy where there has been an outbreak. It is the second Latin American country to confirm the virus after Brazil did it on Thursday. (Photo by Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Images)
Reuters news agency quoted Mexico’s Health Ministry reporting on Tuesday 5,942 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 643 additional fatalities.
The new data pushed the total in the country to 901,268 cases and 89,814 deaths, according to the source.
The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.
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