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Mexico City records ‘8,000 excess deaths’

Mexico's capital has registered 8,072 more deaths than usual in the first five months of this year,
a study has found, casting doubt on the country’s official coronavirus figures.

The total number of deaths in Mexico City was 39,173 between 1 January and 20 May this year,
compared with 31,101 on average during the same period in the previous four years,
the study said.

So far, Mexico City’s health authorities have confirmed 1,655 coronavirus-related deaths
since the pandemic started.

The true death toll is believed to be much higher but, due to a lack of testing, an accurate figure
is difficult to establish.

The study estimates that around 25% of the “excess mortality” it reported was attributable
to Covid-19.

"While studying excess deaths allows us to identify a higher mortality rate during the Covid-19 crisis,
it is not sufficient to attribute it directly or solely to the virus," Laurianne Despeghel,
one of the study’s authors, said.

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