12 more patients with coronavirus died in Moscow

"In Moscow, 12 patients died, all of them were diagnosed with pneumonia, and a positive test result for coronavirus infection was obtained," the TASS report was quoted as saying.

Thus, just during the pandemic, 4,510 people with confirmed COVID-19 died in the capital.

In July, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that the mortality rate from coronavirus infection per 100,000 population in Russia is several times lower than in many other countries.

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Health Protection Committee, Doctor of Medical Sciences Nikolay Govorin, in an interview with FAN, commented on the situation with coronavirus in Russia.