Mexico Sees Covid-19 Toll Climb With Record 501 Daily Deaths
- Toll rises after president said country near overcoming crisis
- Mexico climbing ranks of countries with deadliest outbreaks
Paramedics rush a suspected Covid-19 patient into Venados General Hospital, in Mexico City, on May 26.
Photographer: Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
Mexico reported a record increase of 501 daily Covid-19 deaths, bringing the total to 8,134, according to a Health Ministry presentation Tuesday night. Total cases climbed by a daily record 3,455 to 74,560.
The rising toll comes after Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said this morning that the death rate is stabilizing and President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Mexico is close to overcoming the crisis. Mexico announced earlier this month it would reopen its economy, lifting lockdowns in rural municipalities with few reported cases and restarting its auto, mining and construction sectors, just as daily deaths began to hit records.