Mexico's president warns of 1 million job losses due to COVID-19
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Mexico's president warns of 1 million job losses due to COVID-19 

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic could cost as many as a million jobs in the country, as many industries considered not essential remain shut.

"My prediction is that with coronavirus, a million jobs will be lost," Lopez Obrador said in a televised speech. "But we will create two million new jobs."

The country on Sunday reported 2,764 new cases and 215 fresh deaths, adding totals to 68,620 and 7,394, respectively.