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Mexico recorded more than 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus in 2020\u201435 percent more than originally reported by the government, the national statistics institute said Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to preliminary figures based on administrative records, 201,163 deaths from COVID-19 were registered in Mexico last year, INEGI president Julio Santaella said on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That compares with the health ministry’s figure of 148,629, he noted.<\/p>\n

The country of 126 million people now has a coronavirus death toll of around 240,000, according to the health ministry\u2014the fourth highest in the world.<\/p>\n

Testing in Mexico remains very limited, and government officials have previously acknowledged the real toll is likely higher.<\/p>\n

While the health ministry figures are based on deaths in hospitals, the statistics agency uses a different methodology and includes fatalities elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Many COVID-19 patients are believed to have died at home and not been officially counted.<\/p>\n

The coronavirus was the second top cause of death in 2020, behind heart disease, according to INEGI.<\/p>\n

In the case of men, COVID-19 was the main cause.<\/p>\n

The country is now in the midst of a third wave of infections that has hit unvaccinated younger Mexicans in particular, although deaths and hospitalizations remain far below a January peak.\n <\/p>\n\n

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Mexico reports COVID-linked deaths far above official toll\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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\n \u00a9 2021 AFP<\/p>\n

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