MEXICO CITY, July 13 — Deaths in Mexico from the coronavirus pandemic rose above 35,000 yesterday, with the Latin American country overtaking Italy for the world’s fourth-highest death total, according to Reuters data. But leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday that the...
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But leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday that the pandemic was “losing intensity” in Mexico, and blamed what he called “conservative media” for causing alarm. Lopez Obrador also backed Hugo Lopez-Gatell, Mexico’s deputy health minister and coronavirus czar, after criticism of his handling of the crisis.
But Mexican officials say the true toll is likely much higher due to limited testing. A Reuters analysis of funeral-home data in May indicated a toll more than double the reported figures.
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