Mexico has topped five million total confirmed coronavirus cases, registering 42,181 new cases and 573 new deaths, according to health ministry data.

Reuters reports the overall number of confirmed cases has hit 5,027,870 and the death toll in the country has risen to 307,493.

Employees of an assembly factory wait for a bus after receiving a booster shot of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during a mass vaccination programme for people over 50 years, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, February 1. — Reuters
Employees of an assembly factory wait for a bus after receiving a booster shot of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during a mass vaccination programme for people over 50 years, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, February 1. — Reuters

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