Mexico City [Mexico], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico has topped 900,000, with more than 89,000 deaths, a senior health official reported.

"In the past day, 643 new deaths and 5,942 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered in the system," Jose Luis Alomia, director of epidemiology at the Mexican Ministry of Health, said at a press conference broadcast on the agency's Twitter.

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The total number of confirmed cases has reached 901,268, with another 52,428 people awaiting test results.

The overall coronavirus death toll in Mexico has reached 89,814. (ANI/Sputnik)

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