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Russia’s Total Covid-19 Death Toll Rose Above 400,000 in August
- Statistics service reports 49,389 Covid-linked deaths in month
- July and August have been the deadliest of Russia’s epidemic
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Deaths in Russia linked to Covid-19 in August grew to 49,389, adding to a surge in fatalities that’s taken the overall total to nearly 420,000 since the start of the epidemic.
The number of deaths associated with the virus was more than double the 23,877 announced in daily reports by the government’s Covid-19 task force. The Federal Statistics Service, which published the data late Friday, also revised up the record-high total reported in July to 51,044.