Doctors and a respiratory therapist assist a COVID-19 patient at the Juarez de Mexico Hospital, in Mexico City, on July 8, 2020. - COVID-19 patients stay at convalescence rooms as a prelude to happy recovery and a future discharge. (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA / AFP) (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images)
Mexico confirmed 4,685 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of infections to 304,435.
The Mexican Health Ministry also reported 485 new deaths, bringing the country’s coronavirus death toll to 35,491.
President claims progress: Earlier Sunday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said claimed the pandemic “is losing intensity.”
The president made the comments before the Sunday figures were released, but the country has reported consistent daily increases in cases throughout the pandemic.
“I want to tell you that the report is positive, is good, the conclusion is that the pandemic is decreasing, is losing intensity,” he said in a video address to the nation.
