“In Moscow, 76 patients have died, whose diagnosis of pneumonia was confirmed and a positive test result for coronavirus infection was obtained,” the headquarters said.

A total of 8009 coronavirus patients have died in the capital.

The day before, 74 COVID-19 cases died in Moscow.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin noted that 95% of deceased patients with coronavirus in the capital were self-medicating.

The chief pathologist of the Irkutsk region, Lyudmila Grishina, in an interview with kp.ru, spoke about the specifics of the course of coronavirus infection.