The government count, which is based on a very restrictive definition of deaths due to Covid-19, made 24,661 deaths in August as a result of the pandemic.
A figure almost twice as high as that established so far by the authorities. Russia recorded more than 49,000 deaths linked to Covid-19 in August 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat announced on Friday, October 8.
The government count, which is based on a very restrictive definition of deaths due to Covid-19, reported 24,661 deaths in August related to the virus.
From the start of the Covid-19 pandemic to the end of August, Russia, faced with an epidemic wave carried by the Delta variant and a sluggish vaccination, has thus recorded more than 400,000 deaths linked to the coronavirus, according to Rosstat’s balance sheet. The government toll reported 214,485 deaths on Friday, making Russia (with a population of 144 million) the fourth most bereaved country in the world.
The number of new deaths and contaminations has continued to climb in recent weeks, regularly breaking daily records.