Russian Authorities Raise April’s Coronavirus Death Toll Amid Criticism

MOSCOW—Russian authorities revised the nation’s coronavirus death tally upward by near to 50% for April, shifting to counting pointers recommended by the Earth Health Group amid scrutiny of its reduced reported death amount.

Russia’s stats originally included only men and women who experienced tested favourable for the pathogen, and for whom a postmortem assessment experienced revealed that Covid-19 was the most important result in of death. On Friday, however, Russia’s Deputy Key Minister Tatiana Golikova said the tally would now include things like suspected Covid-19…