In Russia, since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Rosstat, more than 220 thousand people with coronavirus have died. According to the operational headquarters, less than 100 thousand

In Russia, for the whole of 2020 and the first two months of 2021, 223,905 Russians died with COVID-19, Interfax reports, citing Rosstat data.

Coronavirus was the main cause of death in 122,180 cases, in another 24,656 cases, the virus was also assumed to be the main cause of death, but more research is needed to confirm this.

Coronavirus was recognized as a concomitant disease in 17,866 cases, and in another 59,203 cases, the virus did not affect the onset of death.

In February 2021, RBC writes , citing Rosstat data, 24,369 people with COVID-19 died in Russia. Compared to January, when 37,878 people with coronavirus died, deaths from COVID-19 decreased by 35.7%.

• According to the federal operational headquarters for coronavirus, in Russia as of the morning of April 2, 99,633 people died from COVID-19.
• As explained Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Tatyana Golikova , only the deaths of people whose PCR test confirmed the coronavirus are included in the daily statistics of the operational headquarters. Rosstat statistics also include all cases in which the coronavirus was determined by autopsy results as the main or concomitant cause of death.