Dr. Diana Pacheco hands a test tube containing nose and throat swabs being tested for COVID-19 to nurse Claudia Flores Martinez, inside a mobile diagnostic tent in San Gregorio Atlapulco in the Xochimilco district of Mexico City, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. The capital's health secretariat has erected mobile testing units in the areas of the city hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but with test supplies limited - on Wednesday only 20 were available in San Gregorio Atlapulco - some symptomatic people end up waiting in line on multiple days before successfully getting a test. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Mexico recorded 4,973 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the country’s total to 395,489.
On Friday, Mexico surpassed Peru’s total number of coronavirus cases, making it the country with the second highest number of infections in Latin America and sixth highest worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally.
Brazil, where cases have now surpassed 2.4 million, has reported the highest number of infections in Latin America.
The Mexican health ministry also recorded 342 new fatalities from the virus, bringing the country’s death toll to 44,022.
