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Mexico has begun to remove some restrictions imposed to stop the spread of Covid-19
Mexico has registered more than 30,000 deaths from its coronavirus outbreak, as the disease continues to devastate one of the most affected countries in Latin America.
The health ministry said deaths increased by 523 on Saturday, bringing the total to 30,366.
The country now has the fifth highest Covid-19 toll in the world, passing France, where more than 29,000 have died.
A daily record of 6,914 new infections was recorded in Mexico, with a total of 252,165, authorities said.
However, the actual number of deaths and infections is believed to be much higher due to insufficient evidence.
Mexico has the second highest number of deaths in Latin America after Brazil, which has registered 64,000 deaths and more than 1.5 million infections to date, according to Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking the disease globally.
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The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is eager to restart the country’s economy. His government announced a phased plan to lift the restrictions in May.
In Mexico City, the capital, hundreds of thousands of factory workers returned to their jobs in mid-June.
In early July, some non-essential businesses were allowed to reopen in the city, the epicenter of the country’s epidemic.
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Mexico’s president has been criticized for reopening the economy too soon as cases continue to rise
But on Friday, Mexico’s deputy health minister, Hugo López-Gatell, said coronavirus deaths could increase if the country opens its economy too soon.
“As we are in an active epidemic, the risk is that as we try to reopen social activities … we may have more infections and the transmission could be maintained or increased,” the minister said at a press conference.
Critics say Obrador was slow to impose the blockade measures and has now been too quick to lift them.
Most of the Mexican economy stopped as of March 23, but some industries that were declared key to the nation’s operation were exempt from the restrictions.
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On Saturday, Mexico City authorities imposed a two-day suspension of nonessential business in parts of the capital, after buyers hit the main street.
Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the suspension would give authorities time to review the reopening strategy.
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