Mexico close to grim milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths

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Mexico, the most populous country in the Spanish-speaking world, is on the brink of recording 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, after passing ...

FILE PHOTO: Ambulance attendants transport a patient with suspected symptoms of COVID-19 to an ambulance to be transferred to another hospital, as the outbreak continues, in Mexico City, Mexico. MEXICO CITY: Mexico, the most populous country in the Spanish-speaking world, is on the brink of recording 100,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, after passing one million infections several days ago.

The outbreak has likely been made worse by chronically underfunded public hospitals as well as a large informal economy in which millions are forced to leave home each day to earn a living. Government officials acknowledge that the count almost certainly reflects only a fraction of the real death toll.

 

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