Russia’s state coronavirus task force reported 929 new deaths on Wednesday, the fourth time this month that daily COVID-19 deaths have reached record highs. Russia already has Europe’s highest death toll in the pandemic at over 212,000 people, but some official data suggests that is an undercount. In some regions, Russia’s vast yet severely underfunded health care system has started to show signs of being overwhelmed by the outbreak. However, reports by Russia’s state statistical service Rosstat that tally coronavirus-linked deaths retroactively reveal much higher mortality numbers. ___Follow all AP stories on the coronavirus pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic.
