154 patients with coronavirus died in Russia in 24 hours

The total number of deaths in the country has reached 8513.

“Over the past 24 hours, 154 deaths have been confirmed ... Over the entire period, 8513 people have died in Russia,” the report said.

The day before, 153 people died with coronavirus.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that Russia has low mortality from coronavirus due to the early closure of the border with China and increased testing.

The representative of the WHO in Russia, Melita Vujnovich, said that the organization has no complaints about the Russian estimates of mortality from coronavirus.

Earlier, a virologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with the FAN, assessed the need to wear medical masks.