“According to colleagues - (the dead —RT) are more than 40,” Hajiyibragimov quotes RIA Novosti.

He expressed condolences to the families and families of those who died from coronavirus.

According to him, the total number of people with coronavirus in the republic exceeds 13 thousand people.

Earlier, Chechen Health Minister Elkhan Suleymanov said that more than 50 medical workers in the republic suffer from COVID-19.