Rosstat published statistics on mortality from coronavirus in September

The Rosstat website reports that "in September, the number of deaths from COVID-19 has increased compared to August 2020."

It is noted that the departments distinguishes four groups of deaths of persons diagnosed with coroanvirus.

So, "COVID-19 as the main cause of death", the number of cases in this group in September was 4329;

"COVID-19 is assumed to be the main cause of death, but additional medical research is needed to confirm the presence of the virus", such cases in September - 870;

“COVID-19 was a concomitant disease, influenced the development of other diseases and contributed to the emergence of complications that accelerated the death of the patient,” 1401 such cases were identified in September;

"COVID-19 was a concomitant disease, but did not in any way affect the onset of death," there were 3198 such cases.

According to the data of the headquarters on November 6, 20,582 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia per day, for the entire time 1,733,440 patients with COVID-19 were registered in the country. 

Earlier, Alexander Gorelov, deputy director for scientific work of the Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, said that "the epidemic situation remains under control."

Professor of Virology at the Gamaleya Center Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with the NSN, recalled the risks of asymptomatic COVID-19.