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Mexico coronavirus numbers swell with over 4,000 new cases, 596 deaths
coronavirus cases Tuesday and 596 new deaths, suggesting the planned reopening of broader economic activities may still be far away.Confirmed deaths had reached a peak of almost 1,100 per day last week, but the daily total had declined for a few days before Tuesday’s rebound. Mexico now has 124,301 confirmed cases and 14,649 deaths, but officials acknowledge that given Mexico’s low rate of testing, the real numbers are probably many times higher.About one-fifth of Mexico’s cases — 26,666 — are among health care professionals, who have suffered 385 deaths.Mexico has defended its policy of having performed only about 350,000 tests so far in a nation of 125 million.