Mexico’s efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic has sidestepped calls to resign after Mexico’s death count rose to overtake the United Kingdom as the third-highest in the world.Assistant Health Secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell said late Friday that “I express my respect” to the nine of Mexico’s 32 state governors who called for his resignation, adding “I hope we can continue to work together.” Mexican state health minister dies from coronavirus, Chihuahua governor says Mexico reported 688 more confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Friday, raising its accumulated total to 46,688.
The number of confirmed cases rose by a near-record 8,458, bringing Mexico’s total cases so far to almost 425,000.A letter calling for Lopez-Gatell’s “immediate” resignation.