 Here, we examine the relation between detectability of SARS-CoV-2 infection (i.e. the proportion of detected COVID-19 cases among all cases of  SARS-CoV-2 infection in the population ) and levels of mortality from COVID-19 for the 85 regions of the Russian Federation .
<clarity>  Here, we examine the relation between detectability of SARS-CoV-2 infection (i.e. the proportion of detected COVID-19 cases among all cases of  SARS-CoV-2 infection in the population ) and levels of mortality from COVID-19 for the 85 regions of the Russian Federation .
 Here, we examine the relation between detectability of SARS-CoV-2 infection (i.e. the proportion of detected COVID-19 cases among all cases of the SARS-CoV-2 infection in the population ) and levels of mortality from COVID-19 for the 85 regions of the Russian Federation .