Mortality in Russia due to coronavirus exceeded October record
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In October in Russia, the coronavirus became the main or presumably the main cause of death of 68.7 thousand people.
In Russia, as a result of the coronavirus disease in November 2021, 71,187 people died, which is the highest monthly figure since the beginning of the pandemic. On Thursday, December 30, reports New Newspaper with reference to the data of the State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation.
The agency said the November figure is almost 16% higher than the October figure, which remained a record since the start of the pandemic.
The number of deaths where COVID-19 was a concomitant disease was 1.4 thousand. In addition, in November, 1.4 thousand deaths of patients were recorded in whom COVID-19 was a concomitant disease, but did not affect their death.
In turn, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova said that in November 2021, mortality in Russia increased by 17% compared to November 2020.
She clarified that of the total mortality increase this month, 100% is attributable to mortality from COVID-19.
Earlier, Rosstat reported that COVID-19 became the main cause of death for 58,822 Russians in October. In September, more than 40 thousand people died from COVID-19 in Russia.
Earlier, the WHO said that record incidence rates the coronavirus in recent days provoked the intersection of two strains – Delta and Omicron, forming a tsunami.
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