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Mexico has reported 226 more deaths from coronavirus, finishing the week with 3,723 fatalities, the lowest total in over two months and lending weight to government assertions it is beating back the pandemic.
On Tuesday, the government’s coronavirus czar, Deputy Health Minster Hugo Lopez-Gatell, declared the novel coronavirus was in “sustained decline” in Mexico, barely two weeks after the country posted its highest daily new infections.
According to the latest figures from the health ministry, Mexico’s coronavirus death toll now stands at 60,480.
The health ministry also reported 3,948 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 560,164.
