Over the past day in 84 regions of Russia revealed 6736 people with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. According to the operational headquarters, in 29.8% of cases, patients did not have clinical manifestations of the disease.
In the previous two days, 6632 and 6718 new infected were detected in the Russian Federation. For the last ten days, the daily increase in patients with coronavirus in Russia has remained in the corridor of 6556–6852 cases.
In total, in the country, the diagnosis of COVID-19 was confirmed in 681,251 people (about 220 thousand cases remain active).
From the beginning of the epidemic in Russia, 10 161 patients (1.49%) died from complications that developed due to coronavirus infection and related diseases. Over the past day, 134 people died. At the same time, 450,750 patients (66.2%) recovered over the entire time in the country, including 3871 over the past 24 hours.
Most of all new cases of COVID-19 in Russia are still recorded in Moscow. Over the past 24 hours, 650 new infected were identified in the capital. In the previous two days - 680 and 659 people respectively.
“The number of recovered in Moscow continues to increase. Over the past day after undergoing treatment, another 561 patients recovered. The total number of people who have recovered from the infection has increased to 157,020, ”said Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.
The number of regions with more than 200 cases diagnosed per day included Moscow Region (287), St. Petersburg (275), Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (272), Sverdlovsk (266), Irkutsk (241) and Nizhny Novgorod (217) Regions.
Rospotrebnadzor reported that since the epidemic began, more than 21 million tests for coronavirus infection have been conducted nationwide. Since the beginning of the year, over 1.9 million people have been under medical supervision in Russia (about 280 thousand remain under the supervision of specialists).
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Second wave
Speaking about the likely timing of the new wave of COVID-19, the former head of the WMA World Trade Union of Physicians, Professor Leonid Eidelman, expressed an opinion in an interview with RIA Novosti that a re-surge in the incidence should be expected in late autumn.
“We expect a big wave in November-December. It should be understood that in November-December there will be an increase - as every year - of respiratory diseases. Therefore, it will be difficult to distinguish patients who cough, sneeze, from those with COVID-19. This is a big problem, ”said the specialist.
The professor emphasized that the health system should be fully mobilized by November, when a seasonal outbreak of SARS will overlap with the predicted wave of the epidemic. He also expressed confidence that the autumn wave of incidence will be more significant than the summer increase in infections.
At the same time, Eidelman considers it unreasonable to introduce, if necessary, quarantine measures throughout the country, as this will lead to a worsening of the economic crisis.
“The right tactics are regional quarantines in those places where there are many cases ... It is necessary to introduce quarantines in these places, and not throughout the country,” said Adelman.
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Aggressiveness decline COVID-19
In turn, the Russian virologist, MD Anatoly Altstein said that the aggressiveness of COVID-19 will significantly decline no earlier than in a year. The expert stated this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.
“From a year to three years. Maybe more. There is nothing to be done, he is, this SARS-CoV-2. It differs from the coronaviruses we have dealt with so far: it’s much more contagious, and the last five months have shown that it’s difficult to get rid of it, ”the virologist said.
“In addition to the hope that it will gradually weaken, we also need to think about collective immunity, which means vaccination. I think that vaccines will be developed and will be applied widely next year, ”he added.
Altstein explained that from an evolutionary point of view, it is not beneficial for viruses to cause a serious illness and kill their carrier, because then the infection cannot be transmitted further.
“Coronaviruses, in principle, are adapted to handle organisms gently, that is, to use their capabilities, multiply, live at their expense, without causing severe harm,” the specialist noted.
According to him, in the years 1930-1940, researchers studied the evolution of infectious diseases and concluded that they occur in severe form only for the first time, and then become easier. The doctor expressed the hope that the new virus will also go this way.
In the operational headquarters on the situation with coronavirus, they remind that when any symptoms of SARS appear, it is necessary to stay at home and call a doctor. It is strictly forbidden to self-medicate. Russians are urged not to risk life and health - both their own and those around them.