When Mexico’s coronavirus czar said last week that case growth in the nation’s capital had stabilized, few found cause to cheer. Hugo Lopez Gatell had claimed such victories before. “The epidemic is slowing down,” the deputy health minister declared in a May 5 press conference. Three weeks later, during his May 25 nightly briefing, he said: “We’ve flattened the curve.” But the numbers tell a different story. A day after Lopez Gatell’s June 11 tweet about Mexico City, the nation reported a record 5,222 new cases of the deadly disease. As of Tuesday, Mexico’s infections have more than doubled since May 25 to 154,863, with a quarter of them in the capital. Deaths stand at 18,310, according to the official count.