"A hotbed for the spread of coronavirus infection has been identified in the hospital for war veterans in Belgorod," the department said.

It is noted that the tests carried out showed that “coronavirus infection was detected in 11 employees: three doctors, four middle and four junior medical workers. Seven of them are asymptomatic. ”

“Among the patients, COVID-19 was detected in five. Three are in self-isolation at home, two more are hospitalized in a covid hospital, ”the report says.

Earlier it was reported that 4945 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia per day. The total number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the country is 897,599.