Cemetery workers dig new graves at the Xico cemetery on the outskirts of Mexico City. Photo: ReutersMexico has surpassed Britain as the country with the third-highest coronavirus death toll, as the pandemic reaches new milestones in Latin America and threatens to disrupt efforts to reopen the region's reeling economies. More than 91,000 people have died in Brazil, and the U.S. death toll has topped 152,000. Mexico on Friday recorded 688 fatalities to bring its death toll to 46,688, with 424,637 confirmed cases. Lopez Obrador has chastised news organizations for reporting Mexico's rise up the ranks of the global death tally, saying the toll per capita is a fairer representation.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 01, 2020 01:07 UTC