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Mexico City Deaths Rise 4 Times Official Virus Count, Study Says
- Investigators looked at 52 civil registries across the city
- Experts have doubted that official numbers paint full picture
A medic gets out of the ambulance after transporting a patient infected with Coronavirus in Mexico City.
Photographer: Hector Alfaro/Agencia Press South/Getty Images
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Mexico City has emitted 8,072 more death certificates this year than it did during the average of the previous four years.
In a search across the city’s 52 civil registries, investigators Mario Romero and Laurianne Despeghel found the excess deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic. They published their findings in Nexos Magazine on Monday.