He said that "17 city and eight federal hospitals are taking patients."
According to him, "a total of 12.5 thousand infectious beds, now almost 27% of beds are free."
“This is a record number for our city ... We have commissioned a new hospital building for war veterans with 405 beds, 15 of which are intensive care units.
It was built in just five months from scratch.
Another 110 infectious diseases beds were deployed at the hospital No. 33 in Kolpino.
We are completing the reconstruction of St. Luke's hospital, and in February there will be an additional 165 beds, "RIA Novosti Beglova quotes.
According to data as of January 21, in Russia, coronavirus infection was detected in another 21,887 people in 85 regions per day.
The total number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the country increased to 3,655,839.
Virologist, Doctor of Biological Sciences Aleksey Agranovsky, in an interview with NSN, spoke about the factors that increase the risk of coronavirus disease.