“As far as morbidity is concerned, there are moments that give us cautious optimism.

By itself, the rate of increase in incidence is slightly decreasing.

In the last week, we have seen a very slight but downward trend in the rate of hospitalization of patients.

One of the important components is that the number of patients on mechanical ventilation in hospitals is reduced by several people per day, ”Interfax quotes him as saying.

At the same time, he noted that the numbers still remain high and "the situation requires efforts from us, so we continue to convince everyone to get vaccinated."

Earlier it was reported that the number of cases of coronavirus in Belarus exceeded 584 thousand.