Russian Authorities Raise April’s Coronavirus Death Toll Amid Criticism

MOSCOW—Russian authorities revised the nation’s coronavirus demise tally upward by near to 50% for April, shifting to counting guidelines advisable by the Environment Wellness Organization amid scrutiny of its small described demise price.

Russia’s figures originally included only people today who had tested positive for the pathogen, and for whom a postmortem assessment had demonstrated that Covid-19 was the principal lead to of demise. On Friday, however, Russia’s Deputy Primary Minister Tatiana Golikova mentioned the tally would now include suspected Covid-19…