Mexico posts 1,006 more coronavirus deaths, 8,642 new cases

Mexico reported an additional 1,006 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, bringing the total death count to 182,815, according to data from the country's health ministry.

The health ministry data showed Mexico also registered 8,642 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, for a total of 2,060,908 since the pandemic began. Mexican Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez Gatell, who has spearheaded the country's response to the pandemic, has begun receiving supplemental oxygen as part of his treatment for COVID-19, health official Ricardo Cortes said during the health ministry's regular evening news conference.