He announced this in his blog.

“To provide medical care for a large flow of patients, we are forced to re-design thousands of beds in city hospitals,” the mayor wrote.

At the same time, Sobyanin added that doctors report a large number of "seriously ill patients", while such are observed not only among the elderly, but also among middle-aged people, and even among young people.

Earlier, Sobyanin announced the introduction of new restrictive measures in connection with the spread of coronavirus infection in the capital.

The restrictions will affect the operation of shopping centers, cafes, restaurants and metropolitan parks.

He also extended the weekend in Moscow until June 19.

At the same time, the Moscow authorities recommended that employers re-transfer part of their employees to remote work due to the situation with the coronavirus infection COVID-19.