This is reported by the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus.
“In the last day, 197 people died ... For the entire period, 5725 people died,” the report said.
A day earlier, 144 patients with COVID-19 died in Russia.
Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that the experts divided into groups all the causes of death, "which are somehow related to the influence of COVID-19."
Also, the director of the Petrov Oncology Research Center for Oncology, Russian Ministry of Health Alexey Belyaev, in an interview with Nation News, spoke about work to combat COVID-19.