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Mexico posts nearly 4,800 daily coronavirus cases, hundreds of deaths

FILE PHOTO:  The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s health ministry reported 4,790 new confirmed coronavirus infections along with 587 additional fatalities on Thursday, bringing the total in the country to 133,974 cases and 15,944 deaths.

The government has said the real number of infected people is significantly higher than the official count.

(Reporting by David Alire Garcia and Diego Ore; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)