Mexico’s deputy health minister said the government had ordered 1.1 million additional death certificates be printed as several parts of the country ran out and COVID-19 cases continue to soar.
Mexico has registered over 66,000 coronavirus-related fatalities, putting it fourth in terms of COVID-19 deaths behind the U.S., Brazil and India.
The World Health Organization has also said Mexico’s cases and deaths are probably “under-recognized” due to limited testing.
Despite this scenario, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said the government’s strategy to tackle the coronavirus was “very good.”
