Regions are leaders in the number of new cases:
- Moscow — 2180 (for all time – 2,019,602),
- Saint Petersburg – 1851 (843 685),
- Moscow region — 1565 (634 738),
- Krasnoyarsk Territory — 570 (170 439),
- Sverdlovsk region — 564 (195,963).
Per day in 968 patients died in Russia, 981 yesterday. The total number of deaths reached 304,218. 37,285 people recovered during the day, a total of 10,392,020.
This week, the authorities reported that the level of collective immunity in Russia has reached 60.4%. In November, a new strain of coronavirus called “omicron” began to spread in the world. In Russia, more than 40 cases of infection with this strain have been identified. Scientists believe that with omicron, the probability of a severe course of the disease and hospitalization is 50-70% lower than with the delta strain.
The news is being updated.