Vsevelod Alexeyev of the Moscow medical directorate said an additional 90 people were hospitalized for exposure last week. Temperatures in Moscow have been around freezing for most of the past week but dropped below 20 degrees Fahrenheit over the weekend. Hundreds of people freeze to death in Russia each year.
Officials say most are homeless or people who pass out on the street after drinking alcohol.
Emergency room physicians said this week's relatively mild weather leads to more hypothermia deaths, because people are not forced to seek immediate shelter as they are during severe cold. Ths website is designed and maintained in cooperation with HelpForMyWebsite.