Mexico City, Dec. 31, 2021, SPA -- Mexico's health ministry has reported 153 more confirmed fatalities from COVID-19, bringing the official death toll in the country since the pandemic began to 299,285, Reuters reported. The report, issued on Thursday, also reported 8,024 new cases, bringing the total to 3,969,686. --SPA 15:29 LOCAL TIME 12:29 GMT 0014 www.spa.gov.sa/w1672195