“This week, 3556 patients with COVID-19 and suspected COVID-19 were hospitalized, while in the previous week this figure was 3904 people.
Thus, the decrease in hospitalizations for the week - 9%, "- quoted by RIA Novosti Lisovets.
He also said that "today the share of severely ill patients in hospitals has been recorded - about 26%, which is 2% higher than the average monthly indicators."
"To date, there are 297 patients with COVID-19 and community-acquired pneumonia on mechanical ventilation," added Lisovets.
Earlier it was reported that more than 60 thousand residents of St. Petersburg were vaccinated against coronavirus infection COVID-19.