Mexico's coronavirus death toll tops 160,000

The coronavirus death toll in Mexico has surpassed 160,000 people, a senior health official said.

"A total of 161,240 COVID-19 deaths have been registered in Mexico since the start of the epidemic last February," Jose Luis Alomia, director of epidemiology at the Mexican Secretariat of Health, said at a press conference broadcast on Twitter.

According to the Secretariat of Health, the country's number of confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases has reached 2,082,399.

The World Health Orgzation (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. (/Sputnik)

( With inputs from ANI )

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