FILE PHOTO: Mexico's deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mexico City, Mexico May 4, 2020. Picture taken May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic could last in Mexico until next April, with infections expected to rise during the October flu season and through winter, a top health official said on Monday, further pushing back the potential resolution of the crisis.
Mexico has recorded 261,750 total cases and 31,119 overall deaths, putting it in fifth place worldwide for most fatalities from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, according to a Reuters tally.
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