Mexico’s official coronavirus death toll rises to 125,807

FILE PHOTO: A paramedic sanitizes an ambulance after transporting a patient to the emergency area of the General Hospital, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico registered 12,159 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 910 additional fatalities on Thursday, bringing its total to 1,426,094 infections and 125,807 deaths, according to the health ministry’s official count.

The government says the real number of infected people and deaths is likely significantly higher than the confirmed figures.

Reporting by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Kim Coghill

source: reuters.com