According to him, the standard proportions in the total number of burials are 53-54% of cremations for 46-47% of burials in the ground.
Now 70-72% falls on cremation and 28-30% - on burial in the ground, said Yekimov in an interview with RBC.
He said that the agents offered cremation to the relatives of the deceased from COVID-19, but did not insist, since this Rospotrebnadzor norm was advisory in nature, and the legislation enshrines the right to choose the form of burial.
“People responded and the percentage of cremations increased at that moment,” he explained.
According to the latest data from the headquarters, a total of 5497 patients with coronavirus infection have died in the Russian capital.