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Health

Mexico records 6,026 new coronavirus cases, 518 more deaths

FILE PHOTO: Medical staff wearing suits with happy faces drawn on them, are seen inside the military hospital at the Heroic Military Academy which takes care of patients with symptoms of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mexico City, Mexico August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday reported 6,026 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 518 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 579,914 cases and 62,594 deaths.

The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.

(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon and Sharay Angulo; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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