Regions are leaders in the number of new cases:
- Moscow – 3013 (2,003,080 since the beginning of the pandemic),
- Saint Petersburg – 1955 (829 248),
- Moscow region — 1825 (624 416),
- Krasnodar Territory — 765 (112 688),
- Krasnoyarsk Territory — 650 (166 221).
Per day in 1023 cases died in Russia, which is 53 fewer people than yesterday (1076). The total number of deaths reached 297,203. 32,655 people recovered during the day, a total of 8,984,921.
Regions-leaders in the number of deaths:
- Moscow – 81 (35,886 for all time),
- Saint Petersburg – 67 (27,329),
- Moscow region — 55 (11 491),
- Krasnoyarsk Territory — 37 (8171),
- Voronezh region — 36 (6545).
In November, a new strain of the coronavirus “omicron” began to spread in African countries. WHO characterized it as less dangerous than the delta strain. In Russia, omicron was detected in 25 people. The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, called the rate of spread of a new variant of coronavirus frightening. As of December 16, Omicron has been detected in 89 countries.