The true death toll in Mexico City

Coronavirus: Morgues and storage rooms are full of bodies. The true death toll in Mexico City is staggering
A government official, speaking anonymously, says the mortality rate is five times the published figure.

Stuart Ramsay
Chief correspondent @ramsaysky
Wednesday 13 May 2020 19:59, UK

https://news.sky.com/story/mexico-city-underreporting-covid-19-deaths-sky-news-analysis-finds-11987235

• COVID-19
• CORONAVIRUS
• MEXICO

The number of people dying from the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico is five times higher than official government figures.

The number of people dying from the coronavirus pandemic in Mexico is five times higher than official government figures,
according to health department insiders.

A Sky News investigations team working in the country's capital Mexico City
has documented cremations and funerals and gained access to morgues and storage rooms full of bodies
- all indicate the official data is wrong.

In much of Mexico City, the second largest city in Latin America, there is virtually no social distancing,
with open air markets and some businesses operating normally, despite the coronaviruspandemic.

Image:
Only the mortuary slabs are left unused in this post mortem examination room

The government claims that the virus curve has been flattened and
that there will be a dramatic drop off in virus related deaths in the coming days.

In a recent briefing, the country's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told the nation:
"What the world knows about Mexico is that we are taming the pandemic,
and we are basically doing this because Mexican people are making a conscious effort."

But that has been dismissed by many dealing with the crisis as incorrect.

Image:
Another hearse arrives carrying a coffin at a crematorium
An official within the government, but speaking anonymously,
confirms the official figures are undercounting the actual mortality rate by a factor of at least five.

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Also: https://www.excelsior.com.mx/tv/los-mas-vistos/dGTpOz8hyNs

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