Mexico reports 5,250 new coronavirus cases, 493 more deaths

FILE PHOTO: SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Employees of the Rios funeral home sanitize the body of a man, who died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), outside the Family Medical Unit No. 48 of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) before moving it to the funeral parlour in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 1, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico's health ministry reported on Tuesday 5,250 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 493 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of cases to 938,405 and the death toll to 92,593.

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

(Reporting by Laura Gottesdiener; Editing by Dave Graham)