Mexico’s coronavirus death tally exceeds 52,000
International Desk Published: 9 August 2020, 12:39 PM
| Updated: 9 August 2020, 01:17 PM
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a face mask walks among other people at Sonora market during the start of gradual reopening of commercial activities, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Mexico City, Mexico, July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Mexico’s health ministry on Saturday reported 6,495 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 695 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 475,902 cases and 52,006 deaths, reports Reuters.
Officials have said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.
Mexico has the third highest coronavirus death tally globally, behind the United States and Brazil.
