MEXICO CITY: Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador refused on Sunday to compare coronavirus death tolls with European states after the Latin American nation became the fifth hardest-hit country by the pandemic.
Mexico has recorded 30,639 deaths out of 256,848 infections, according to the health ministry.
On Saturday it surpassed France as the country with the fifth-highest number of fatalities after moving ahead of Spain on Wednesday.
"The population of Spain and France is smaller than that of Mexico,” Lopez Obrador said in a video message posted on YouTube.
"For every one who has died in our country, three have died in Spain. We cannot compare this,” he said. (AFP)
Mexico has recorded 30,639 deaths out of 256,848 infections, according to the health ministry.
On Saturday it surpassed France as the country with the fifth-highest number of fatalities after moving ahead of Spain on Wednesday.
"The population of Spain and France is smaller than that of Mexico,” Lopez Obrador said in a video message posted on YouTube.
"For every one who has died in our country, three have died in Spain. We cannot compare this,” he said. (AFP)