The daily incidence of coronavirus in St. Petersburg for the first time since March exceeded 2 thousand people

The daily incidence of coronavirus in St. Petersburg for the first time since March exceeded 2 thousand people

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In St. Petersburg, by the morning of August 5, 2,078 cases of coronavirus infections were recorded, according to the daily certificate of the operational headquarters for combating the spread of COVID-19. There have been no similar indicators in the city since mid-March.

During the day, 182 people with symptoms of COVID-19 were hospitalized in the city, 973 recovered, 7 died. In total, 1,562,781 cases of the disease have been registered in the city since the beginning of the pandemic, of which 34,368 deaths.

Earlier, in St. Petersburg, against the backdrop of an increase in the incidence, the deployment of new infectious beds for patients with coronavirus began. The hospital for war veterans, the city hospital No. 20 and the Nikolaev hospital joined the work with covid.

In Russia, 18,555 new cases of coronavirus infections were registered over the past day, which is 26.76% more than yesterday, August 4 (17,126).

Sergey Yarkin, St. Petersburg