Mexico reports nearly 5,000 new coronavirus cases

Mexico’s Ministry of Health has reported 4,577 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the country to 185,122 on Monday.

The number of those reported to have died from the coronavirus since yesterday is 759, which brings the total dead to 22,584.

Al 22 de junio de 2020 hay 185,122 casos confirmados, 23,155 confirmados activos y 57,281 sospechosos por #COVID19. Se han registrado 246,147 negativos, 22,584 defunciones confirmadas, 1,874 defunciones sospechosas y fueron estudiadas 488,550 personas. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/eRugarImaA

— Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez (@HLGatell) June 23, 2020

Monday marks the second consecutive day Mexico has recorded a higher daily death count than Brazil. Brazil’s health ministry reported an additional 654 deaths on Monday, bringing that country’s official coronavirus death toll to 51,271.

En la Red IRAG (Infección Respiratoria Aguda Grave), de 890 hospitales notificantes, 846 (95%) presentaron su reporte. 2/3 pic.twitter.com/KeEi6SYTVh

— Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez (@HLGatell) June 23, 2020