Disease now suspected of killing at least 139,153 people compared with official toll of 88,924

Mexico’s government has admitted its Covid-19 death toll is dramatically higher than official figures have suggested with the disease now suspected of killing at least 139,153 people.

The official coronavirus death toll of Latin America’s second largest economy stands at 88,924 – the fourth highest number in the world after the US, Brazil and India. But on Sunday night officials conceded the true number of Covid-19 deaths was likely to be at least 50,000 higher.

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