Total deaths across the country were 2,631, an increase of 94 cases compared to yesterday. This is the third time this week the number of new cases is less than 10,000, but Russia’s data since the beginning of May has been fluctuating, so experts say it is too early to confirm that the country has entered. the trend of reducing cases.
Cynic voices about the low death rate announced by Russia, accusing the government of reporting unrealistic deaths due to disease in order to reduce the scale of the crisis.
Russian health officials say one of the reasons for the low death rate is that the figures only account for the direct deaths from viruses. In addition, the disease struck Russia later than other countries, so Moscow had more time to prepare the hospital bed as well as extensive testing.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on May 15 confirmed that Russia did not hide deaths from the pandemic. "With the statistics of nCoV, I assure you that Russian officials will be the last to hide the truth. This is not a joke, this is a human life. It is wrathful to benefit." use the current situation to defame the honor of a nation, "he said.
Covid-19 originated in China in December 2019, appeared in more than 210 countries and territories with more than 4.7 million cases of nCoV, nearly 314,000 deaths and more than 1.8 million recovered.
