Over the past day in 83 regions of Russia revealed 6,760 new cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19. According to the headquarters, 32.1% of new patients did not have clinical manifestations of coronavirus infection.

Note that a day earlier, 6556 cases were recorded. In total, 661,165 people were confirmed with COVID-19 in Russia.

Since the beginning of the epidemic in Russia, 428 978 people have recovered, including 6047 in the last day. From the complications that developed against the background of coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases, 9683 patients died. During the day, 147 people died.

Moscow still remains the leader in the country in the number of cases detected (228,871), but the growth rate is gradually decreasing. Over the past day in the city revealed 662 new cases of COVID-19. A day earlier, this figure was 611, and the day before - 745.

“In the capital, 662 new cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed. This is about ten times less than at the peak of the epidemic on May 7, when 6703 cases of coronavirus were recorded, ”the Moscow operations headquarters for monitoring and monitoring the situation with COVID-19 said.

At the same time, 42.9% of the total number of new cases were people aged 18 to 45 years.

Other regions where more than 200 new cases were detected per day included: Moscow Region (317), Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (266), St. Petersburg (258), Irkutsk Region (243), Nizhny Novgorod Region (234), Sverdlovsk area (224).

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According to Rospotrebnadzor, about 20.1 million tests for coronavirus have been carried out in Russia. During the day, the number of studies performed increased by 316 thousand. 286 thousand people remain under medical supervision in the country.

At the same time, in Russia, testing for COVID-19 is carried out by 783 laboratories, including 542 under state medical organizations.

In addition, the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being talked about the study of population immunity of the population to coronavirus, which is organized in 23 regions of the Russian Federation. In June, St. Petersburg, the Tyumen Region and the Khabarovsk Territory became pilot regions.

“In total, 8,168 people were examined in the pilot regions, of which 2,722 in St. Petersburg, 2,758 in the Tyumen region, 2,688 volunteers in the Khabarovsk Territory,” the Rospotrebnadzor noted.

The study was conducted among people from 1 year to 70 years and older, regardless of the presence or absence of a previous COVID-19 disease.

Payments to doctors

On Thursday, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said during a government meeting that 7.5 billion rubles would be allocated for incentive payments to medical staff in July.

“Today at a government meeting, we will consider the issue of allocating almost 7.5 billion rubles for presidential payments for doctors, nurses and paramedics, as well as ambulance drivers who are in direct contact with patients with coronavirus,” he said.

On June 27, Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the extension of payments to health workers in contact with patients with COVID-19 for two months - July and August. The prime minister obliged regional leaders to ensure that health workers receive their payments as soon as possible. According to him, as soon as the money goes to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, it should be immediately reported to health workers.

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Recall that in April, President Vladimir Putin ordered the establishment of three months of additional payments to doctors working with patients with coronavirus. On June 23, the head of state announced the extension of incentive payments for two months.

“At the same time, I emphasize: incentive payments and surcharges are not only exempt from taxes, but will also be taken into account when calculating vacation pay. This decision has already been made. This means that specialists will receive increased vacation pay, regardless of what period of time they go on vacation, ”said the Russian leader.

According to the instructions of the President of Russia, for doctors the surcharge is 80 thousand rubles per month, for paramedics and nurses - 50 thousand rubles, for junior medical staff - 25 thousand rubles per month. Ambulance doctors receive a payment of 50 thousand rubles a month, paramedics, nurses and car drivers - 25 thousand rubles.