Mortality with COVID in Russia in November exceeded the previous record by 16%

CORONAVIRUS in November 2021 became the main or presumably main cause of death for more than 80 thousand Russians. In about 7.4 thousand more deaths in November , covid-19 was recognized as a concomitant cause of death. This follows from the vital statistics published by Rosstat on December 30 (compiled on the basis of medical certificates from the registry office system).

A sharp jump in mortality with coronavirus was recorded in October (by 69% compared to September), when, according to updated data from Rosstat, 75.5 thousand people who had COVID died (including 69.6 thousand from coronavirus as the main causes). This set a new record for covid mortality during the pandemic. But in November, these indicators were covered by more than 15%.

Over the entire period of the pandemic, more than 541 thousand people have already died directly from the coronavirus in Russia, of which more than 396 thousand in January-November 2021 (data for 2021 are calculated based on the latest monthly data from Rosstat; in 2020, 144 thousand died from COVID . person, Rosstat cited the final rechecked data last summer).

The total number of deaths with coronavirus (regardless of the status of the main or concomitant cause) since the beginning of the pandemic has reached almost 625.9 thousand people.