“I want to pay attention also to the mortality rate for the five months of 2020 - it is the same as for the five months of last year,” she said.
According to her, this means that, "despite the increase in mortality in April and May, Russia had a reserve for reducing mortality, which we used and which we accumulated in order to prevent a dramatic increase in this indicator."
As Golikova emphasized, thanks to timely measures, it was possible to prepare and give the healthcare system "not to drown from the rampart of hospitalization", to stretch the mass flow of patients in time, "so there are so many saved lives in Russia."
According to the latest data from the operational headquarters, the total number of deaths associated with COVID-19 in the country reached 11,770.