Russia Covid-19 Deaths Pass 200,000 as Epidemic’s Toll Grows
- January is third-worst month for fatalities linked to virus
- Russia lags other nations in speed of vaccination roll-out
People queue outside a Covid-19 vaccination center inside a department store in Moscow.
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Russia’s death toll from Covid-19 reached 37,107 in January, the third-highest monthly total, even as the government’s daily figures indicate the country has passed the peak of the epidemic.
The data released Friday by the Federal Statistics Service in a statement raises overall fatalities linked to the epidemic in Russia to just over 200,000 after the death toll for December was revised up.