With more than 10,000 additional cases every day (+10,899, Wednesday), Russia is now the second largest infected country (with a record of 242,271 cases), behind the United States. Mortality remains low compared to other countries, with 2,212 officially registered victims.
The case fatality rate thus appears to be less than 1%, much lower than in most countries, even the best performing in the face of the pandemic - this rate is 4% for example in Germany. An astonishing level which raises doubts and questions concerning the official balance sheets which the authorities are suspected of minimizing. According to the Financial Times , the figures for victims of the virus could be 70% higher than government data. Opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta said on Tuesday that the death toll in Moscow would be three times higher than that provided by the authorities.
These criticisms have been rejected by the government, the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry,
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