Over the past day, 7,920 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia, 9,561 people recovered, 390 died from complications caused by COVID-19 and concomitant diseases.

Most of all new episodes of the disease were registered in Moscow (2096), St. Petersburg (784) and the Moscow region (697).

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the diagnosis in the country was confirmed in 4 965 676 people, of which almost 267 thousand were active cases. 4 581 787 (92.27%) people recovered, 116 965 (2.36%) died.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, over 134.3 million tests for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been carried out in the Russian Federation, more than 504 thousand people remain under medical supervision.

At the same time, the authorities of St. Petersburg do not believe that large mass events planned in June will have a negative impact on the epidemiological situation in the city.

Next month in St. Petersburg, in particular, matches of the European football championship, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the alumni holiday "Scarlet Sails" will be held.

“The number of guests who will come here for the holidays is a small proportion.

Holidays can cause concern, but objectively they are unlikely to play somehow negatively, ”said Dmitry Lisovets, chairman of the city health committee.

In turn, the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov noted that despite the large increase in the incidence of coronavirus, the epidemiological situation in the city is “not so critical” and allows preparation for major events.

At the same time, the acting head of the Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev, in his Telegram channel, made a proposal to encourage those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

“We are ready to encourage the activity of supporters of vaccination.

I instruct the social bloc of the regional government to prepare a normative act: employees of regional institutions and organizations should be given time off for inoculation, and we will recommend businessmen to do this, ”he wrote.

It is necessary to vaccinate at least 60% of the population so that "the coronavirus in Russia will come to naught."

This was stated by the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Anna Popova in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.

According to her, the Russian authorities plan to achieve this indicator by the fall of 2021.

“As soon as we achieve this, we will have a different life, very close in quality to what we had two years ago.

I am sure that we will definitely achieve this, ”she said.

As an example of the realism of such a development of events, the head of Rospotrebnadzor pointed out that in the fall of 2020, 60% of the country's population was vaccinated against influenza in Russia: “You see, we were able to ward off at least one misfortune.

Yes, we had covid, but we didn't have the flu. "

According to the latest data, more than 24 million people took part in the vaccination campaign in Russia.

We add that now there are three vaccines against coronavirus infection in civilian circulation: Sputnik V, EpiVacCorona and KoviVac.

As President Vladimir Putin said the day before, the fourth domestic vaccine against COVID-19 ("Sputnik Light") will also be launched soon.

“We were able to quickly create three of our own effective vaccines against coronavirus infection.

The fourth will be launched soon.

Vaccination is also picking up pace, ”the head of state said.

  • AGN "Moscow"

COVID-19 in the world

All over the world, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, about 1.5 billion vaccinations against coronavirus have been made.

While the total number of recorded cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic has almost reached 164.2 million, Russia ranks sixth in the world for this indicator, behind Turkey (5.1 million), France (5.9 million), Brazil (15 , 7 million), India (25.2 million) and the United States (almost 33 million).

More than 3.4 million people have died from complications of COVID-19 worldwide.

The largest number of victims is in the USA (587.2 thousand), Brazil (439 thousand) and India (278.7 thousand).

At the same time, the Ministry of Health of Singapore denied the assumption of one of the Indian politicians about the emergence of the "Singaporean" strain of SARS-CoV-2, reports The Straits Times.

Earlier, the Chief Minister of the Delhi Metropolitan District, Arvind, called on the country's authorities to suspend any communication with Singapore due to the threat of the introduction of the Singaporean variant of COVID-19, which could trigger the spread of the third wave of coronavirus in India.

At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saudi Arabia reported that from August 1, without a certificate of vaccination against coronavirus, it will become impossible to visit government agencies, various events, as well as use public transport.

Also, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the participants of the International Conference on Financing the Economy of African Countries agreed that by the end of 2021 at least 40% of the inhabitants of the African continent should be vaccinated against COVID-19.

In Ukraine, Health Minister Maxim Stepanov was fired for the failure of the coronavirus vaccination campaign.

The corresponding decision was supported by the majority of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada.

“Progress in the supply of vaccines is extremely slow.

2.3 million doses delivered.

It is hard to call it an efficient work of a minister, ”Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said.