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Mexico Daily Deaths Pass 1,000 Barrier With Cases Soaring

  • Mexico among seven countries with more than 10,000 deaths
  • Country had 3,912 new cases, 1,092 deaths reported Wednesday

Health workers sanitize private vehicles and taxis in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Photographer: Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images

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Mexico reported records for both new coronavirus cases and deaths on Wednesday, joining a select and undesirable club of countries that have reported upwards of 1,000 daily deaths.

The country had a record daily rise of 3,912 cases for a total of 101,238 and overall Covid-19 deaths reached 11,729, according to data released by the Health Ministry, which has previously said the actual number is likely higher. Mexico now has the seventh-deadliest Covid-19 outbreak worldwide, numbers from Johns Hopkins University show. Spain is the next highest with 27,128 deaths, according to the data.