For the second day in a row, Russia has set a new record for coronavirus deaths. Despite a decline in new infections, Russia’s coronavirus death toll remained at an all-time high on Saturday for the second day in a row. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 1,251 people in Russia since its initial outbreak in March 2020, according to the country’s state coronavirus task group. The previous high was 1,247 deaths, which occurred on Wednesday.
A total of 37,374 new confirmed cases were reported by the task force. Russian authorities had been recording rising daily case counts from late October until this week.
Reasons behind the spike in infection
Low vaccination rates and lackadaisical public attitudes about taking measures have been blamed by health professionals for the recent spike in infections and deaths. Despite the fact that Russia approved a locally made COVID-19 vaccine months before the rest of the globe, just about 40% of the country’s almost 146 million people have been properly vaccinated.
To increase vaccination rates, the government announced new restrictions that will go into effect next year, reducing exposure to many public places, as well as domestic and international trains and flights, to those who have been fully vaccinated, recovered from COVID-19, or are medically exempt from vaccination.
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Vaccination is what is all about Russia
In the meanwhile, officials have advised Russians to get vaccinated. Over 9.2 million confirmed infections and over 260,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported by the coronavirus task group, making it Europe’s deadliest virus. According to some analysts, the genuine figure is significantly higher.
Reports from Russia’s statistical authority, Rosstat, that tally coronavirus-related deaths suggest a substantially higher mortality rate. Between April 2020 and September this year, 462,000 persons with COVID-19 perished, according to the researchers.
According to Russian officials, the task group only evaluates deaths in which COVID-19 was the primary cause and uses medical facility data. Rosstat counts virus-related deaths using broader criteria and obtains its data from civil registry offices where death registration is completed.
