Mexico registers more than 500,000 coronavirus cases

A banner fashioned to resemble a giant protective mask is placed on a monument of Benito Juarez, as a message to the community to fight against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Iztapalapa neighbourhood, one of the highly contagious zones, in Mexico City, Mexico, August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Mexico's health ministry on Thursday reported 7,371 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 627 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 505,751 cases and 55,293 deaths.

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

(Reporting by Anthony Esposito; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)