Coronavirus: Mexico records 549,734 cases; death toll at 59,610
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| Updated on: 22 August 2020, 8:54 IST
The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Mexico, has risen by 504 to 59,610 within the past 24 hours, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said.
He also said on late Friday that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had increased by 5,928 to 549,734 within the same period of time.
A day earlier, the Latin American nation recorded 6,778 new cases of the coronavirus, with 625 fatalities.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 22.8 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 797,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
(ANI/Sputnik)
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