Mexico ramps up vaccinations as COVID deaths top 200,000

Experts believe the actual death toll is 100,000 deaths higher, but is unknown due to extremely low rate of testing.

Mexico has surpassed 200,000 test-confirmed deaths from COVID-19, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called vaccination efforts a race against time. The president prepared to deploy more military, state and local personnel to spur the vaccination effort as more doses arrive, including a shipment of 1.7 million AstraZeneca shots the United States has “loaned” Mexico. Mexico’s total 200,211 confirmed COVID-19 deaths announced on Thursday trail only the US and Brazil, countries with larger populations. The real death toll is believed to be drawing closer to 300,000, due to the country’s extremely low rate of testing.