Mexico, Jan. 8 (BNA): Mexico has become the fifth country in the world to record more than 300,000 deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The country reported 131 new deaths on Friday, bringing the total number of deaths due to Covid-19 to 300,101.
Only the United States, Brazil, India and Russia recorded more deaths due to epidemics, according to the German news agency (dpa).
In Mexico, testing for the coronavirus is very limited. However, the number of officially confirmed new infections has increased significantly. On Friday, the number of injuries rose by 28,023 to 4083,118.
Mexico has the highest excess mortality rate – often considered a better measure of actual deaths during an epidemic – according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) survey of its 38 member states.
About 646,000 people died in Mexico in the two years to December 13 than would be expected according to the average of the previous five years.
About 56 percent of Mexico’s roughly 126 million population are considered fully immunized with one of the 10 approved vaccines.
There was no lockdown during the pandemic in the Latin American country; The borders have remained largely open.
There is no evidence of vaccination or cure when entering from outside or in public places.
Populist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has repeatedly downplayed the danger posed by the coronavirus.
In January last year, when Mexico suffered its most severe wave of viruses, Lopez Obrador also contracted Covid-19. The 68-year-old almost never wears a mask.
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