Mexico says drastic increase in deaths from COVID-19 was due to data adjustment, not new deaths

The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, explained why the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Mexico increased dramatically on Wednesday, June 3. He assured that the drastic increase was due to an adjustment in the data of previous deaths that had not been confirmed until Wednesday.

The number of deaths from the pandemic on Wednesday generated concern in the country, because it went from 500 deaths on Tuesday and increased to over 1,000 on Wednesday.

"Yesterday, according to the data, it was the day with the most deaths from . . .