Mexico reported nearly 3,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday evening — the country’s biggest one-day jump in infections since the pandemic began.

The 2,973 new cases raise the national total to 59,567 — the third-highest in Latin America behind Brazil and Peru.

Mexico also reported an additional 420 fatalities, bringing the country’s death toll to 6,510.

Mexicans will need to observe social distancing guidelines and stay home until at least May 31, when some parts of the economy will slowly reopen, said Deputy Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell, the epidemiologist leading the government’s Covid-19 response.

He specifically pointed to the state of Tabasco on Thursday, which recently experienced a surge in cases after some social distancing guidelines were relaxed in early May.