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Health

Mexico posts 613 more coronavirus deaths, 5,722 new cases

FILE PHOTO: A man receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine during a mass vaccination in Mexico City, Mexico March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Mexico registered another 613 coronavirus fatalities on Friday, bringing the overall death toll in the country to 197,219, according to health ministry data.

The ministry data also showed an additional 5,722 confirmed infections, for a total of 2,187,910 cases. The government says the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon and Raul Cortes)

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