"People have started dropping like flies," said a former government employee charged with monitoring Covid deaths. Figures on deaths from Russia vary but the country's official coronavirus task force has stated that just over 242,000 people have perished since the pandemic began. Photo / APOfficial covid death figures likely far too lowThe county's official figure of almost 250,000 deaths comes from data sent in each day by hospitals across Russia. That takes the total number of Covid deaths up to more than 460,000. For instance, fewer flu deaths and car accident fatalities have, in some instances, offset Covid deaths.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 07, 2021 18:57 UTC