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A worker takes a buyer’s temperature before entering a market in Querétaro, Mexico, on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. The number of deaths confirmed by the coronavirus outbreak in Mexico is 40,400, as of 7:30 a.m. am, Mexico City, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.
Mexico is increasing its estimate of the death toll in about two-thirds of the country by 55% between mid-March and late June after the coronavirus outbreak, according to health authorities.
The Latin American nation said that in only 20 of the 32 states, deaths from Covid-19 and other causes increased by 71,315 to a total of 202,077 from March 15 to June 27. That compares with the 130,763 previously forecast, according to a report from the health ministry on Saturday.
A total of 43,680 have died in Mexico from coronavirus, the fourth highest number of deaths worldwide, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The total number of cases has increased to 390,516.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Saturday that the pandemic has affected Mexico more than many other countries, according to the Millennium website, as the virus hit people with underlying conditions. “Many Mexicans have lost their lives to chronic diseases; We have a country with people sick due to chronic diseases like hypertension, diabetes and obesity, “he said.
Mexico’s economic activity plummeted to a record 22.7% in May from the previous year, deepening a crisis caused by the outbreak. The nation’s oil industry has also been hit by the pandemic with 240 Covid-19 related deaths.
(Updates with the latest numbers of fatalities in the third paragraph).
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