Moscow and St. Petersburg again broke records for the number of deaths from COVID

Total over the past day in Russia from COVID-19568 people died, which was the maximum since January 28. At the same time, 191 deaths immediately occurred in Moscow and St. Petersburg, so many victims of the coronavirus in one day did not take away here even once.

Over the past day , a record number of deaths from the coronavirus infection COVID-19 has been recorded in Moscow and St. Petersburg , according to data from the federal operational headquarters. In St. Petersburg, 99 people died in one day, in Moscow - 92.

So many patients have never died from COVID-19 in one day in any of the largest cities in Russia since the beginning of the pandemic. The previous record was set on June 23, when 93 deaths were announced in St. Petersburg and 88 in Moscow with COVID-19.

In Russia, for the first time since January, more than 20 thousand cases of COVID-19 were detected Society

In total, 568 people died from COVID-19 in Russia over the past day, which was the maximum since January 28. Along with Moscow and St. Petersburg, the following regions are among the leaders in terms of mortality:

Buryatia - 23; Nizhny Novgorod region - 22; Sverdlovsk region - 17; Krasnodar Territory - 17; Moscow region - 16

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, according to the operational headquarters, 463 people have died from COVID 131. However, according to Rosstat, by the end of April 2021, more than 270 thousand people with COVID-19 had died. The methodology for calculating mortality, which is used by the operational headquarters, differs from the methodology of the statistical office. So, it takes into account all deaths after COVID-19, even those cases where the virus did not become the main cause of death, but had a significant impact on the development of complications of another disease.