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"&lt;p&gt;Mexico has become the country with the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind the United States and Brazil.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mexican health officials said Friday there were 688 deaths for the latest 24-hour reporting period, pushing the country&amp;apos;s confirmed total to 46,688.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Workers spray each other with disinfectant solution after unloading the body of a person who died from suspected COVID-19, at a crematorium in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (Associated Press)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That put Mexico just ahead of the United Kingdom, which has 46,119, according to the tally by Johns Hopkins University. Mexico&amp;apos;s population is double that of Britain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The health officials also said Mexico now has had more than 424,000 confirmed coronavirus cases during the pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;"
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