MEXICO CITY: Mexico on Tuesday posted a record 33,626 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4,170,066, health ministry data showed.

The previous record was set on Saturday, when some 30,671 new infections were recorded.

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Mexico also reported 162 new confirmed COVID-19 deaths, taking the country's official death toll since the pandemic began to 300,574.