NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Russia reported Tuesday a record high 442 new coronavirus-related deaths as the country’s regions struggled to cope with overflowing morgues and medicine shortages.
While Europe has reintroduced new restrictions in response to a second wave of coronavirus infections sweeping across the world, Russia has refused to enforce a new nationwide lockdown.
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Health authorities on Tuesday recorded 22,410 new infections making Russia’s virus caseload the fifth-highest in the world with some 1.95 million registered infections.
The total virus fatalities stood at 33,391.
Russia has reported a much lower virus fatality rate compared to other badly hit countries and critics have accused the government of downplaying the severity of the health crisis.
Demographic data for March-September shows an excess of more than 117,000 deaths year-on-year, suggesting that the actual number of fatalities could be much higher.
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