The Ministry of Health ( SSa ) reported that as of August 6 there are already 243,733 confirmed deaths in Mexico from the new coronavirus (COVID-19), as well as 2,944,226 accumulated cases. This means, in the last 24 hours there were 568 deaths and 21,563 new infections, reaching a new record of infections during the third wave of infections in Mexico.
Mexico City and Tabasco are the entities with the highest number of estimated active cases, those being people who were infected within the past 14-days. Nationally, 138,096 active cases are documented.