Updates on CCP Virus: Mexico Sees Near-Record Daily Deaths

Phlebotomists draw blood from people getting tested for CCP virus antibodies at the Refuah Health Center in Spring Valley, New York on April 24, 2020. Yana Paskova/Getty Images

Mexico reported a near-record 1,707 confirmed deaths due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus on Wednesday.

The Health Department reported Mexico’s virus deaths now total 161,240, and confirmed infections rose by 12,153 to nearly 1.89 million. Estimates based on excess-death statistics suggest the real death toll is over 195,000.

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The Kansas health department says a more contagious variant of the CCP virus first identified in Great Britain has arrived in the state.