MOSCOW, September 9. /TASS/. Mortality from the coronavirus infection in Russia dropped by 95.1 percent in July 2022 on the same period last year and stood at 1,951, Russia's State Statistics Agency said on Friday.

"As many as 1,961 coronavirus-related deaths were registered in July 2022, or by 95.1 percent down on July 2021," it said.

COVID-19 was seen as key cause of death in 358 cases but extra medical examination was needed. The figure was by 92.9 percent lower than last year's one. In 205 cases, coronavirus was a concurrent disease and hastened the patients' death (down by 85.7 percent on last year).

Apart from that, coronavirus was a concurrent disease not linked with the death cause in 761 cases (down by 83.7 percent).

Meanwhile, the overall mortality decreased in July 2022 by 38.8 percent on July 2021 (131,800 and 215,300, respectively). Infantile mortality also decreased by 23.1 percent (463 in July 2022 vs 602 in July 2021).