This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the report "On the state of sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population in Russia in 2020".
“Even without taking into account the losses of the non-produced gross national product due to deaths, persistent and temporary disability, the damage to the economy from a new infection in 2020 in value terms amounted to more than 997.06 billion rubles,” the document says.
As specified, this figure is 1.4 times more than the total damage from other infectious diseases.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that "the spread of the coronavirus in general has created risks for global macroeconomic stability, introduced an imbalance in the manufacturing sector and world trade."