Russia’s Covid-19 death toll three times higher than first cited
Russia’s population shrank by nearly 700,000 people in 2020, the statistics service has reported, more than twice the decline in 2019
09 February 2021 - 11:58
Moscow — Russia’s death toll from Covid-19 in 2020 was nearly three times the level generally cited by the government, catapulting its total number of fatalities from the pandemic to the third-most globally.
Russia’s federal statistics service reported 44,435 deaths linked to Covid-19 in December in a statement on Monday, lifting the full-year total to 162,429. The government’s virus response centre, which provides daily updates, reported 57,555 Covid-19 deaths in 2020...
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