In St. Petersburg, the number of hospitalized with COVID-19 increased to 600 per day

"This week in St. Petersburg, 18% more patients with coronavirus infection and suspicion of it were hospitalized than in the previous week ... The number of hospitalized people averages 600 people per day," he wrote on his VKontakte page.

Lisovets noted that the burden on healthcare in St. Petersburg continues to grow, and medical institutions will be redesigned for patients with coronavirus.

In particular, pavilion 7 "Lenexpo", University named after

I.I.

Mechnikov for 178 beds, Pavlov First St.Petersburg State Medical University for 200 beds, and from November 6, the Mariinsky Hospital will begin admitting patients with COVID-19.

Earlier, Nevskie Novosti reported that 17 hospitals are admitting patients with coronavirus infection in St. Petersburg: 6713 beds have been deployed, of which 1003 beds are free (15%).