A man wearing a face mask holds his dog at downtown Mexico City on July 6, 2020 amid the new coronavirus pandemic. - Mexico authorized the reopening of restaurants, shops, street markets and sport complexes but with limited capacity and hours amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images)
Mexico’s health ministry reported 480 more Covid-19 deaths on Monday, bringing the country’s death toll to 31,119.
The ministry also recorded 4,902 newly confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 261,750 cases.
On Saturday, Mexico surpassed France’s death toll from the virus, and now has the 5th highest number of deaths worldwide.
