COVID-RELATED DEATHS IN RUSSIA EXCEED 800,000

Fri 29 April 2022:

According to Reuters calculations based on new data from the Rosstat state statistics department, Russia’s overall number of COVID-related deaths has surpassed 803,000 since the pandemic began in April 2020.

In March, 35,584 persons died from COVID-19 or linked causes, down from 43,543 in February, according to Rosstat.

Reuters calculations also showed Russia had recorded almost 994,000 excess deaths since the beginning of the pandemic in April 2020 up to the end of March, when compared to average mortality in 2015-2019.

Some epidemiologists say that calculating excess deaths is the best way to assess the true impact of a pandemic.

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