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In the US, the daily load of new Covid cases has plummeted with the advent of vaccines, from a seven-day average of more than 250,000 per day in January to the current average of about 43,000. Hospitalisations and deaths are also dramatically down.
As the US begins to feel the benefits of widespread vaccination, other parts of the world are still mired in the depths of the pandemic. The World Health Organization has pointed out that across the globe the past two weeks have seen more cases recorded than in the entire first six months of the pandemic, with India bearing the brunt.
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Mexico’s health ministry on Sunday reported 1,175 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 57 more deaths, Reuters reports. It brings the total number of cases in the country to 2,365,792 and fatalities to 218,985.
Separate government data published in March suggested the real death toll may be at least 60% above the confirmed figure.
