{"apiVersion":"1","revision":"d20b1e49c7c45c9940396169c36e84b3e0f6797e86614c4354a4512613f64e4c","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T05:13:11.245Z","url":"https://russiaplague.live/api/v1/countries/RU/history.json","datasetUrl":"https://russiaplague.live/data/","citationUrl":"https://russiaplague.live/countries/russia/","data":[{"date":"2026-10-02","counts":{"infected":null,"dead":1,"recovered":null},"metrics":{"infected":{"value":null,"asOf":"2026-10-02","basis":null,"partial":true,"contributingAreas":[],"sources":[]},"dead":{"value":1,"asOf":"2026-10-02","basis":"states","partial":true,"contributingAreas":["RU-IRK"],"sources":[{"id":"meduza-2026-10-02-quarantine","title":"Hospital in Russia’s Irkutsk region quarantined amid reports that a patient died of pneumonic plague","publisher":"Meduza","url":"https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/02/hospital-in-russia-s-irkutsk-region-quarantined-amid-reports-that-a-patient-died-of-pneumonic-plague","publishedAt":"2026-10-02","retrievedAt":"2026-10-07","type":"news"}]},"recovered":{"value":null,"asOf":"2026-10-02","basis":null,"partial":true,"contributingAreas":[],"sources":[]}},"notes":"Historical reporting snapshot, backfilled from the October 2 article. One reported event-linked fatality is located in Irkutsk; the country figure is derived from that state report. Neither a plague diagnosis nor active-case or recovery totals were established. This is not an additional death."},{"date":"2026-10-05","counts":{"infected":null,"dead":1,"recovered":null},"metrics":{"infected":{"value":null,"asOf":"2026-10-05","basis":null,"partial":true,"contributingAreas":[],"sources":[]},"dead":{"value":1,"asOf":"2026-10-05","basis":"states","partial":true,"contributingAreas":["RU-IRK"],"sources":[{"id":"ap-2026-10-05","title":"Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died","publisher":"Associated Press","url":"https://apnews.com/article/9ddc8e3e064637853407bfd24d8937f5","publishedAt":"2026-10-05","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06","type":"news"},{"id":"meduza-2026-10-02-quarantine","title":"Hospital in Russia’s Irkutsk region quarantined amid reports that a patient died of pneumonic plague","publisher":"Meduza","url":"https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/02/hospital-in-russia-s-irkutsk-region-quarantined-amid-reports-that-a-patient-died-of-pneumonic-plague","publishedAt":"2026-10-02","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06","type":"news"}]},"recovered":{"value":null,"asOf":"2026-10-05","basis":null,"partial":true,"contributingAreas":[],"sources":[]}},"notes":"Reported event-linked totals include suspected diagnoses from trusted news. One fatal illness has been reported; a plague diagnosis is not established. This is partial reporting coverage, not a complete national case census. The 189 people hospitalized for observation are not reported infections. Active infections and recoveries remain unknown."},{"date":"2026-10-06","counts":{"infected":null,"dead":2,"recovered":null},"metrics":{"infected":{"value":null,"asOf":"2026-10-06","basis":null,"partial":true,"contributingAreas":[],"sources":[]},"dead":{"value":2,"asOf":"2026-10-06","basis":"states","partial":true,"contributingAreas":["RU-IRK"],"sources":[{"id":"ibtimes-second-death-2026-10-06","title":"Second hospital death reported in the Irkutsk region","publisher":"IBTimes UK","url":"https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/reported-second-death-russian-hospital-plague-claims-1824080","publishedAt":"2026-10-06","retrievedAt":"2026-10-07","type":"news"}]},"recovered":{"value":null,"asOf":"2026-10-06","basis":null,"partial":true,"contributingAreas":[],"sources":[]}},"notes":"Reviewed October 7. The October 6 news report of a second death is included under the project’s policy that news articles are sufficient evidence without independent verification. Two is the cumulative reported total as of October 6, not two new deaths on October 7. IBTimes UK attributes the second-death claim to Daily Mail reporting; it notes that neither the second death nor its connection to plague has been independently established. The location is recorded only at Irkutsk Oblast level because the hospital and district are unclear. Earlier WHO and ECDC sources describe the first fatality and do not support the updated total of two. Infected and recovered remain unknown. Releases from observation or quarantine are not recoveries. Facility measures retain their October 5 evidence date."}]}