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Mexico reports more than 1,500 COVID-19 deaths, highest daily total

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/01/20/health-coronavirus-mexico-hospitals.jpg"/><figcaption>Paramedics wait outside the General Hospital for an available hospital bed for their patient showing symptoms of COVID-19 to be admitted, in Mexico City, Mexico, Jan. 7, 2021. <em>Luis Cortes, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MEXICO CITY - Mexico marked a grim milestone with 1,584 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, the country&#x27;s highest daily total to date as it struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus.</p><p>The health ministry&#x27;s official tally counts 142,832 total fatalities due to the highly-contagious respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, the fourth-highest death toll globally, behind only the United States, Brazil and India.</p><p>The health ministry also confirmed 18,894 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,668,396.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/20/21/coronavirus-vaccines-stolen-from-public-hospital-in-mexico">Coronavirus vaccines stolen from public hospital in Mexico</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/11/21/new-coronavirus-strain-first-seen-in-britain-confirmed-in-mexico">New coronavirus strain first seen in Britain confirmed in Mexico</a></li></ul><p>Last October, the ministry modified its counting methodology and the following day reported some 2,700 deaths, but the figure did not reflect a single day&#x27;s count.</p><p>The real number of infections and deaths in Latin America&#x27;s second-biggest economy is likely significantly higher than the official count, reflecting a lack of widespread testing.</p><div><strong> RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Djw2DpktoW4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Mexico marked a grim milestone with 1,584 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, the country's highest daily total to date as it struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus.</p>

Mexico marked a grim milestone with 1,584 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, the country's highest daily total to date as it struggles to contain the spread of the coronavirus.