Prognosis
Russia Discloses Third-Highest Covid-19 Deaths Globally in 2020
- Russia had 162,429 deaths linked to the pandemic last year
- December was pandemic’s deadliest month, Golikova said
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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.
The Federal Statistics Service reported 44,435 deaths linked to Covid-19 in December in a statement Monday, lifting the full-year total to 162,429. The government’s virus response center, which provides daily updates, reported 57,555 Covid-19 deaths in 2020.