Russia's St. Petersburg records 1,552 more deaths in May than same month last year: official data
FILE PHOTO: Grave diggers wearing personal protective equipment carry a coffin while burying a coronavirus disease victim in the special purpose section of a graveyard on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, Russia May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
That was the highest monthly death rate in the city for at least a decade. However, the confirmed death toll from the novel coronavirus in May was just 171 people. “There have never been so many cases of pneumonia, not ever. And since there’s no other flu or infection going around right now, it leads one to believe that are due to the coronavirus,” Yakovlev, who also heads the infectious diseases department at St. Petersburg State University, told Reuters.
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