Mexico virus deaths rise; HK cases surge

By John Leicester, Rod McGuirk and Arno Pedram
Updated August 2 2020 - 2:36am, first published 2:30am
Mexican health officials say the country's COVID-19-linked death toll has risen to more than 46,600.
Mexican health officials say the country's COVID-19-linked death toll has risen to more than 46,600.

Mexico has risen to become the country with the third most COVID-19 deaths in the world, behind only the United States - where a hurricane bearing down on the east coast is threatening to complicate efforts to contain the virus - and Brazil.