Russia Doubles Number of Covid-19 Deaths in July in Record Month

Russia’s death toll from Covid-19 in July grew to 50,421, the highest monthly total since the epidemic began, amid spreading infections from the Delta variant and continued public resistance to vaccination campaigns. The number of deaths associated with the virus last month was more than double initial figures reported by the government’s Covid-19 task force, according to Federal Statistics Service data released late Friday. Total fatalities linked to the epidemic rose to nearly 370,000 through July, among the world’s highest, after the statistics service revised up June’s data slightly too.