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) - Mexico on Wednesday posted a fresh record for new coronavirus cases reported on a single day, with 6,995 infections, overtaking Spain to register the world's eighth highest case count, according to a Reuters tally.
Despite the soaring figures, Mexico's coronavirus czar, Hugo Lopez-Gatell, said the pandemic was "slowing."
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