"Nine patients with coronavirus died due to lack of oxygen in the Republican Clinical Hospital of Vladikavkaz," TASS reports.

It is clarified that there was a breakdown of the oxygen system in the hospital.

In February, it was reported that investigators opened a criminal case into the death of patients with coronavirus infection in a hospital in Odintsov near Moscow after the oxygen supply was turned off.

The medical facility said that there was a failure in the oxygen supply.

They noted that at the time of the incident, none of the patients died, subsequently two died due to the severity of the condition.