During the day, 20 396 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia.
On the day preceding this, the number of new cases also exceeded 20 thousand - 20 582.
On a cumulative total, 1,753,836 cases of COVID-19 (+ 1.2%) were recorded in 85 regions of the country.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,312,927 (74.86%) patients have recovered, including 16,803 in the last 24 hours.
At the same time, 30,251 people (1.72%) died from complications that developed against the background of coronavirus and concomitant diseases.
364 deaths were recorded in 24 hours.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, more than 64 million laboratory tests for coronavirus infection have been carried out in Russia.
During the day, this figure increased by 550 thousand. Due to the spread of coronavirus, 417 283 people remain under medical supervision.
Most cases of coronavirus per day were detected in Moscow - 5829. The day before, 6253 new cases were detected in the capital.
In St. Petersburg, for the second day in a row, the largest number of new cases of COVID-19 has been recorded per day since the beginning of the pandemic: in the past 24 hours in the city - 1258, and in the previous hours - 1171.
In addition, 629 new cases of coronavirus were detected in the Moscow region per day.
The five leading regions in terms of this indicator also included Nizhny Novgorod (434) and Arkhangelsk (359) regions.
According to the operational headquarters, the lowest daily rate of increase in COVID-19 was recorded in Dagestan.
From the message it follows that this figure per day in the republic was 0.5%.
A comparable dynamics was recorded in Tatarstan and Chuvashia (0.6%), as well as in the Moscow region, the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and the Republic of Mari El (0.7%).
In the meantime, 1,414 people were hospitalized in Moscow over the past day.
According to the capital's headquarters, 367 people are on mechanical ventilation in Moscow hospitals.
Director of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Honorary Academician N.F.
Gamaleya of the Ministry of Health of Russia Alexander Gintsburg believes that the mass vaccination against coronavirus "Sputnik V" can start in Moscow and the Moscow region in the near future.
“I think that within the next two weeks, we can expect that in Moscow and the Moscow region, vaccination will go not on a production basis, but on a territorial basis.
This is what is called mass vaccination, "- quoted by TASS Gunzburg.
According to him, in two weeks more doses of the vaccine will enter the civil circulation than have been received so far.
Gunzburg noted that by the end of November it will be possible to count on 500 thousand doses of the vaccine in civilian circulation.
"Everything goes according to plan.
By the end of November, one can count on half a million doses of the vaccine, which will go into civilian circulation.
And in December - the figure will be three times more, ”he explained.
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Shortly before this, the head of the center.
Gamalei said that this coming weekend the first batch of Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus infection COVID-19 "will be delivered to Moscow for mass vaccination, some will be sent to the regions."
According to him, it was a small batch of 6 thousand doses.
Next week, Gunzburg said, two series with a total volume of 70 thousand doses are expected.
According to him, 40% of these parties will go to Moscow, 60% to the regions.
Shortness of breath is an alarming symptom
Russian allergist immunologist Vladimir Bolibok expressed the opinion that shortness of breath, especially in combination with tachycardia, is the most alarming symptom of COVID-19.
Bolibok explained that the breathing rate should be counted at rest.
“We sat down in a chair, calmed down - and just breathe, count your breath.
For a healthy adult, the breathing rate is 16 to 20 breaths per minute.
If breathing becomes more frequent, this indicates that respiratory failure is developing, ”the doctor said in an interview with Lenta.Ru.
At the same time, according to him, special attention should be paid to this symptom in the absence of an increased body temperature.
“If a person without a fever has a rapid heart rate and shortness of breath, then this suggests that you need to sound the alarm, call a doctor, do CT of the lungs,” Bolibok said.
Earlier, Sergei Avdeev, the chief freelance pulmonologist of the Russian Ministry of Health, noted that shortness of breath occurs in about 30% of patients.
The most common symptom, he said, is a body temperature above 37.5 ° C, which occurs in 90% of patients with coronavirus.
In addition, Avdeev added that about 40% have weakness and fatigue, cough, 20% have a headache, and 10% have a sore throat.