The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Mexico has increased by 450 in the past day and reached 6,297, chief epidemiologist at the country's health ministry Jose Luis Alomia told a press conference on Thursday, APA reports citing TASS.
"A total of 6,297 cases [of novel coronavirus] have been confirmed by testing," he said adding that thirty-seven patients died in the past day, bringing the total number of fatalities to 486. Doctors are testing another 12,340 people for COVID-19.
The first coronavirus case was confirmed in Mexico on February 28. On March 30, the Mexican government declared a state of emergency in the healthcare system.
In late December 2019, Chinese officials notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus - named COVID-19 by the WHO - have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia.