Rosstat: more than 40 thousand people with coronavirus died in Russia in August
More than 40,000 Russians have died after contracting the coronavirus in August. Such figures were presented today by Rosstat. Rosstat called COVID-19 the main cause of death of 38,603 people. In an additional 4977 cases, infection is thought to be the underlying cause, but more research is needed. For 1254 people, COVID-19 was a concomitant disease, influenced the development of other diseases and contributed to the occurrence of complications that hastened death.