The pandemic’s actual death toll in Mexico likely to be 60 percent higher

The government in Mexico published a report on Saturday that revised the coronavirus death toll in the country up by 60 percent.

Mexico has failed to adequately test its population for Covid-19, with a rate of only 46,000 tests per 1 million people — only Haiti has tested fewer in Latin America. In this scenario, the only way to get a clear picture of the pandemic’s human toll is by reviewing “excess deaths,” as well as death certificates. Based on those figures, health authorities said that the country saw 294,300 casualties “associated with Covid-19” by February 14. Since then, officials tallied another 26,800 deaths — taking the country’s total to over 321,000.

These revised figures would mean Mexico has the world’s second-highest coronavirus...