Mexico City, Feb. 23, 2022, SPA -- Mexico registered 18,309 new confirmed cases and 706 more deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to health ministry data, bringing the country's overall number of confirmed cases to 5,436,566 and the death toll to 316,492, Reuters reported. --SPA 08:53 LOCAL TIME 05:53 GMT 0005 www.spa.gov.sa/w1695529