Less than 40,000 COVID-19 cases detected in Russia

Less than 40,000 COVID-19 cases detected in Russia

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Over the past day, 39,669 cases of COVID-19 infection were registered in Russia. This is 0.8% less than the previous figure, which was a record since March 14 (40,010 cases). During the day, 64 people died from coronavirus (5 people less than the day before), reports operational headquarters. The number of daily hospitalizations was 1853 (46% less than the previous figure).

Regions leading in the number of new cases:

  • Moscow – 7431 (for all time – 2,961,600);
  • St. Petersburg – 4407 (1 617 270);
  • Moscow region – 2855 (1,035,511);
  • Sverdlovsk region – 706 (460,454);
  • Nizhny Novgorod region – 983 (434,061).

During the day, 22,236 people recovered in Russia, a total of 18,284,586. Most of the deaths were in Moscow (23) and St. Petersburg (14).

Yesterday, August 20, the head of the Gamaleya Center Alexander Gintsburg told, which expects an increase in the daily number of detected cases of COVID-19 infection. He also predicted an increase in the number of victims of coronavirus, which is associated with the identification of new subspecies of the Omicron strain.

On the spread of coronavirus in the Russian Federation – in the material “Kommersant” “And covid is import-substitutable”.

Andrey Sapozhnikov