Russian Vice-Prime Minister Golikova stated the exact number of COVID-19 deaths

 30 December 2020

In Russia, 70,921 patients died from the coronavirus. Additional 45,000 deaths are counted as those impacted by COVID-19 but where the coronavirus was not the primary case of death, said Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova.

“70,921 deaths are those resulting solely from the COVID. The number has been officially confirmed and it is not subject to any doubt. This number may be slightly adjusted in the coming months because updated data of postmortem autopsies come every day," Golikova said in an interview to the Russia 24 TV channel, RIA News reported. 

She pointed out that although another 45,109 infected patients died from other causes, in all of those cases, the deceased tested positive for coronavirus.” 

Text: Ksenia Pan'kova

Source: www.vz.ru