Moscow, August 12 (Saba) - The death toll in Russian forest fires has risen to 53, the Ministry of Health and Social Development said, according to Qatar News Agency (QNA).

A total of 806 people have requested medical attention, 706 people were treated as outpatients and 58 were hospitalised. Fifty-three people died, Russia''s news agency (Itar-Tass) reported.

Infirmaries have been set up at all temporary accommodation centres and medical personnel stay on duty 24 hours a day. "As of now, no requests have been received for additional medicines or personnel to regional health facilities," the ministry said.

Forest fires are raging in 22 regions. The situation is particularly alarming in the Belgorod, Voronezh, Ivanovo, Lipetsk, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, and Tambov regions, Mordovia, and Chuvashia.

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