Mexico reports 10,335 new coronavirus cases, 858 more deaths

Healthcare workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) give instructions before they take a swab sample from women for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rapid antigen testing outside the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, Mexico, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Mexico's health ministry on Wednesday reported 10,335 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 858 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of infections to 1,070,487 and the death toll to 103,597.

Health officials have said the real number of infections is likely significantly higher.

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) takes a swab sample from a man for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rapid antigen testing outside the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, Mexico, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

(This story has been refiled to correct typo in headline)

(Reporting by Laura Gottesdiener; Editing by Tom Hogue)

A healthcare worker looks on a swab sample taken a woman for a novel coronavirus rapid antigen test outside the Azteca stadium in Mexico City, Mexico November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero