Russia's official death toll of about 6,800 from the coronavirus is far below many other countries, even though its reported 520,000 infections is behind only the United States and Brazil
Finding the true numbers during the pandemic is difficult because countries count cases and deaths in different ways and testing for the virus is uneven.
Unlike Russia, some countries’ official death count includes those who had COVID-19 but died of other causes, said Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program.“It will be important that the Russian authorities review the way in which death certification is done to reassure themselves that they are accurately certifying deaths in the appropriate way,” he said.
Health officials “shift the way they code causes of death in order to try to meet those targets,” Twigg said. — Unusual surges in pneumonia deaths indicate the possibility of more virus deaths than officially reported by mid-May: St. Petersburg reported 694 pneumonia deaths, with 63 from coronavirus; the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan reported 657 pneumonia deaths and 29 from coronavirus.
If those were counted as coronavirus deaths, mortality would have been 60% higher than announced. Authorities insist they shouldn’t be included in the official toll, but even if all extra deaths recently reported by federal and Moscow officials were added, it would still be less than 11,000.
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