A hospital worker stands with images of colleagues who have died from COVID-19 during a protest in front of the National Palace in Mexico City, Friday, May 29, 2020. Doctors, nurses and other personnel have demonstrated at a number of public hospitals around the country as the new coronavirus sickens medical personnel. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico recorded 3,227 new coronavirus cases and 371 additional virus deaths on Friday.
The country’s death toll, now at 9,415, has roughly doubled in the last two weeks and remains the second-highest in Latin America, behind Brazil.
Mexico is likely to surpass 10,000 coronavirus deaths this weekend. Its total confirmed case count is now 84,627.
The government will start reopening limited sections of the economy in select parts of the country on Monday.
