"According to the Kemerovo Regional Center for Disaster Medicine, a total of 99 people were injured in the accident at the Listvyazhnaya mine, 51 died," TASS quoted the authorities as saying.
Earlier, Nikolai Medvedev, general director of FSUE VGSCh, said that after the accident, the bodies of 40 dead - 38 miners and two mine rescuers - remain in the mine.
On November 25, an explosion occurred at the Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo region, resulting in the death of 51 people.
According to preliminary information, the cause of the incident was a methane explosion.
The Investigative Committee opened several cases on the fact of the emergency.