Gunzburg expects COVID-19 cases to rise to last winter’s levels

Gunzburg expects COVID-19 cases to rise to last winter's levels

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The number of detected cases of coronavirus infection in Russia per day can reach the figures of the last winter period, Alexander Gintsburg, head of the Gamaleya Center, believes. However, he does not expect the death rate to rise to the same levels.

“With the mass character that new types of omicron give, the number of victims may increase. In terms of the daily number of cases, we can reach the indicators of winter,” said Mr. Gunzburg TASS. He noted that the spreading strain is “not so virulent” and that there is a “certain immune layer” in Russia, which will reduce the number of deaths. Mr. Gunzburg urged Russians to get vaccinated.

In the winter of 2022, Russia experienced a peak in the incidence of coronavirus, which peaked on February 11 – about 204 thousand cases. After that, the rate went down. Since August, there has been an increase in the number of infections again.

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

Leonid Uvarchev