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A few days ago, the number of deaths per crown in Russia was 53,000; now it has been corrected to 186,000. This is the third highest value in the world. The country is currently struggling with a second wave.
Russia has drastically corrected the number of krone deaths upwards and now officially has the third highest death toll worldwide. According to the statistics agency, 25,788 people infected with the coronavirus died in November. Since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 186,000 corona deaths in the country. Only in the US with more than 330,000 deaths and Brazil with more than 190,000 deaths were more victims of the pandemic registered.
According to the statistics agency, the excess mortality in Russia was 229,700 deaths between January and November. More than 81 percent of this can be attributed to Covid-19, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said according to Russian news agencies. Excess mortality is an increase in the mortality rate compared to other periods or expected values.
A few days ago the number was significantly lower
On Christmas Eve, Russian authorities had estimated the number of deaths per crown since the start of the pandemic to be 53,000. Only cases in which Covid-19 was unequivocally confirmed as the cause of death by autopsy were included in the balance. The corrected toll is now around three and a half times higher.
In total, more than three million new coronavirus infections have been detected in Russia since the start of the pandemic. This is the fourth highest number of cases in the world. Therefore, experts had already expressed their doubts about the relatively low official number of victims so far, on the basis of which the Russian authorities declared that their strategy against the virus was successful.
The government wants to avoid confinement
Russia is currently fighting a second wave of pandemics. However, out of consideration for the economy, the Russian government wants to avoid another blockade. In the fight against the pandemic, it relies on the Russian corona vaccine Sputnik V.
Authorities have not yet revealed how many people in Russia have already been vaccinated. The vaccine’s developer, the state-owned Gamaleya Research Institute, announced that around 700,000 doses have been delivered so far. However, in a poll conducted Wednesday by the state institute VTsIOM, only 38 percent of respondents in Russia said they want to get vaccinated against the new coronavirus.
