Family members gather to mourn at the back of the hearse, as they prepare to bury a woman who died of suspected COVID-19, in a section of the Municipal Cemetery of Valle de Chalco opened to accommodate the surge in deaths amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Thursday, July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Mexico’s health ministry reported 6,741 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday — its highest daily jump so far.
The ministry also reported 678 more related deaths.
The latest figures raise the nationwide total to 238,511 cases and 29,189 deaths, according to the ministry.
