The death toll from complications that developed against the background of coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases exceeded 700 thousand worldwide. This is evidenced by the data of the American Johns Hopkins University.

The largest number of deaths from COVID-19 was recorded in the United States (156,839) Brazil (95,819), Mexico (48,869), the UK (46,295), India (39,795) and Italy (35,171).

The total number of cases of coronavirus detected in the world exceeds 18.5 million.The United States of America is also the leader in this indicator (4.7 million cases). This is followed by Brazil (2.8 million), India (1.9 million) and Russia (866 627 according to the latest data from the COVID-19 operational headquarters).

Over the past day, 5204 new cases of coronavirus infection COVID-19 were detected in 83 regions of Russia. According to the headquarters, 25.8% of new patients had no clinical manifestations of coronavirus infection. The day before, the minimum daily rate of coronavirus disease (5159) was recorded since April 23.

No new cases have been identified in Sevastopol and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The subjects with the lowest growth rates were the Pskov region (0.1%), Karachay-Cherkessia and the Republic of North Ossetia (0.2% each).

Since the beginning of the epidemic in Russia, 669,026 patients (77.2%) have recovered, including 7,555 in the last day.

14,490 patients (1.67%) died of complications that developed against the background of coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases. 139 people died during the day.

The regions where the largest number of new cases were detected per day included Moscow (687), Sverdlovsk region (181), Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (169), Moscow region (162), St. Petersburg (156).

Moscow remains the leader in the country in terms of the number of detected cases (244 784). Of these, a little more than 55 thousand are active.

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On Wednesday, August 5, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree to open passenger rail links between Kaliningrad and other Russian cities.

“The railway communication in this direction has been suspended since April 6 due to the threat of the spread of the coronavirus. From July 1, trains from Moscow and St. Petersburg returned to the schedule, but only those who have a permanent registration in the Kaliningrad region could use them. Now this restriction has been lifted, ”the Cabinet of Ministers stressed.

The same document allows foreigners to enter Russia without a visa for short-term business trips.

“We are talking about the holders of diplomatic or service passports from countries with which there are agreements on visa-free travel,” - stated in the explanatory note.

In addition, an express diagnostics service for COVID-19 will become available at Moscow's Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports within a week, with the ability to obtain the most reliable result in 60 minutes. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

As a reminder, on August 1, Russia began the first phase of restoring international air traffic. From that day on, Russians could fly from the airports of Moscow, St. Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don to three states - Great Britain (London), Turkey (to Ankara and Istanbul - from August 1, to Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman - from August 10) and also to Tanzania (Zanzibar archipelago).

In addition, on August 1, the borders with Abkhazia were opened.

Flights to Switzerland are expected to resume on 15 August. In addition, on the eve of the Montenegrin authorities added Russia to the green list of countries whose citizens can enter the territory of the republic. The National Coordination Council of the country made an appropriate decision based on the epidemiological situation in the Russian Federation and taking into account the needs of the tourism sector.

As the vice-president of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia Dmitry Gorin noted, there is still no information about the timing of the opening of airspace with Montenegro.

“Advance bookings, launched by a number of airlines, show interest in flights in August. But in any case, we must not forget that there are tourists who did not go to Montenegro in April, May, June and July, therefore, if the restrictions are lifted, as happened with Turkey, first of all there will be demand among tourists who will rebook tours , for this or next year, "RIA Novosti quotes him.

He also recalled that Montenegro joined eight states (Dominican Republic, Cuba, Maldives, UAE, Egypt, Croatia, Malta and Mexico), which had previously expressed their readiness to receive Russian tourists.