The fourth Irkutsk resident died with coronavirus

The number of deaths of patients with coronavirus has increased in the Irkutsk region. The total number of deaths in the regions of Siberia has reached 20.

A fourth coronavirus patient has died in the Irkutsk region, the regional government announced on April 25. Earlier it was known about three deceased.

There are 87 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the region. 25 people have recovered.

Thus, the number of deaths of patients with coronavirus in Siberia has increased to 20. In the regions of Siberia, 1557 cases are known.

In total, according to official data, almost 68.6 thousand people fell ill in Russia, 615 died, 5.5 thousand recovered.

At the end of December 2019, the Chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization about an outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan, a large commercial and industrial center with a population of more than 11 million people. The causative agent of the disease was identified only on January 7, 2020 - this is a previously unknown type of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (the disease it causes was called COVID-19).

In the world, according to the latest data , the number of cases has exceeded 2.7 million, more than 190 thousand people have died. The epidemic has affected 177 countries and territories. At first, the main number of deaths was in China (4.6 thousand people), but according to this indicator, the PRC has already overtaken other countries. The United States is in the lead (50 thousand). A significant number of deaths were also recorded in Italy (25.9 thousand), Spain (22.5 thousand), France (22.2 thousand), Great Britain (19.5 thousand), Belgium (6.6 thousand). ) and Iran (5.5 thousand) . More than 781 thousand people have recovered worldwide.