Regions are leaders in the number of new cases:
- Moscow — 4635 (for all time – 2,060,459),
- Saint Petersburg – 1512 (867 028),
- Moscow region — 855 (653 071),
- Sverdlovsk region — 368 (203 126),
- Rostov region — 358 (197,474).
Per day in 783 cases died in Russia, which is 5.67% more than yesterday (741). The total number of deaths reached 317,687. During the day, 25,216 people recovered, a total of 9,732,018.
Regions-leaders in the number of deaths:
- Moscow – 68 (since the beginning of the pandemic — 37,533);
- Saint Petersburg – 66 (28,698);
- Moscow region — 38 (12,558);
- Chelyabinsk region — 26 (6,329);
- Altai Krai and Nizhny Novgorod Region — 25 each (6,852 and 10,078).
Rospotrebnadzor is waiting for a rise in the incidence of COVID-19 after the New Year holidays. By January, the level of collective immunity in Russia has reached 62.6%. This year, the vaccination campaign against coronavirus among adolescents aged 12-17 years should begin in the country. The Ministry of Health planned to launch it in January.