After the information spread on the Web that the number of deaths from coronavirus was calculated incorrectly, the department responded.
Recently, the British edition of the Financial Times reported that the real mortality rate from COVID-19 in Russia may exceed official statistics by 70%.
On May 13, an official statement appeared on the website of the Moscow Department of Health. The authorities commented on media reports that the death rate from COVID-19 is underreported.
According to the Department of Health, Moscow publishes mortality data openly. Moreover, the capital proactively released the information even before the federal structures did it.
“It should be emphasized that the autopsy of the dead with suspected COVID-19 in Russia and Moscow is carried out in 100% of cases, unlike most other countries. Therefore, the postmortem diagnoses and causes of death recorded in Moscow are ultimately extremely accurate, and the mortality data are absolutely open, ”the message on the official website of the department says.
The Moscow Department of Healthcare separately notes that it is incorrect to compare mortality rates in monthly dynamics and is not evidence of any trends.
In addition, the department emphasizes that any seasonal increase in the incidence of SARS, not to mention the pandemic caused by the spread of the new coronavirus, is always accompanied by an increase in mortality. “This is due to the appearance of deaths directly from an infectious disease, but to an even greater extent from other diseases, the exacerbation of which and the decompensation of the condition of patients suffering from these diseases also leads to death,” the Department of Health said.
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