The top health official in a Russian region that claims to have only 29 coronavirus deaths says the real figure is more than 20 times higher
By Ouma Dan Oleko - 2020-05-19 16:09:42 - [General]
Russia has for weeks been suspected of deflating its official coronavirus figures.
On Sunday Jamaludin Hajiyibragimov, the health minister for Dagestan, a federal republic of Russia, said the actual death toll in his region is more than 20 times Moscow's official figures.
Russia said that Dagestan had 3,371 infections and 29 deaths, while Hajiyibragimov said the region actually has more than 13,000 infections and 657 deaths.
According to Hajiyibragimov, the reporting discrepancy is due to how authorities have determined patients' illnesses.
Many Russian patients have been diagnosed with "community-acquired pneumonia," which has the same symptoms as COVID-19 but without an official virus test.
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