Russia’s state statistics agency Rosstat said Thursday that more than 71,000 people died of coronavirus in the country in November, setting a new fatality record since the start of the pandemic.
Overall, 87,527 people with Covid had died in November, the state statistics agency said, adding that in 5,924 of those cases the virus was not considered the cause of death while in 71,187 cases the virus was confirmed as the cause of death.
Russian authorities have been accused of downplaying the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.