In Mexico City, doctors cited coronavirus as a ‘possible or probable’ cause of death on 4,577 death certificates — 3 times as many as the official death count of 1,332

More than 4,500 death certificates in Mexico City have coronavirus or COVID-19 referenced on it, the Associated Press reported. Officials only counted 1,322 deaths from the virus.  Mexico City officials told The New York Times that government officials’ data was inaccurate.  Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.

While the Mexican federal government has reported only 1,332 in Mexico City, death certificates in the city suggest that 4,577 have died from the virus, more than three times the official number, the Associated Press reported. 

Doctors mentioned coronavirus as a “possible or probable” cause of death on the