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Over 500 coronavirus patients die in Mexico in the past day

09 February 2021 09:59 (UTC +04:00)

Mexico’s authorities registered 531 coronavirus deaths over the past day, 117 more than on Sunday, and the total case tally hit 166,731, the Health Ministry’s chief epidemiologist Jose Luis Alomia told a news conference, APA reports quoting TASS.

According to the authorities, since February 2020 more than 2.13 mln people have contracted COVID-19 in Mexico, and over 1.5 mln of them have recovered.

In the past 14 days some 65,700 citizens have complained of coronavirus symptoms. "Over the past two weeks, there was a significant decline [in the number of cases] by 32%," Alomia said. "Earlier it had never been that massive."

The load on hospitals on average in the country reduced to 49% and the share of occupied beds equipped with ventilators decreased to 46%.