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Mexico reports 5,448 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 564 more deaths

Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mexico City
Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s health ministry on Monday reported 5,448 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 564 more confirmed fatalities from COVID-19, bringing the total in the country to 1,869,708 cases and 159,100 deaths.

Mexico’s deputy health secretary Hugo Lopez Gatell said the country would receive between 1.6 million and 2.75 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX global vaccine sharing program this month.

(Reporting by Adriana Barrera, Writing by Laura Gottesdiener; Editing by Himani Sarkar)