In St. Petersburg, the weekly increase in the incidence of COVID-19 exceeds 20%

"The growth (of morbidity. -

) is more than 20% ... the incidence is growing among all age groups of the population," Chkhinjeria reports to TASS.

She noted that the incidence of people in the older age group from 65 years old also increased by 15%, and the incidence of children has increased by almost 20%.

In addition, according to Rospotrebnadzor, during the week the number of cases of pneumonia increased by 40%.

"The incidence of sickness among workers in catering and trade has increased by 50.5%, and now their share among the sick has increased to 8%," she said, adding that the housing sector is 6% and almost 3% are transport workers.

As Chkhinjeriya noted, the city has not yet reached a plateau in terms of the incidence of infection.

Earlier in St. Petersburg, they talked about the situation with the bed capacity for patients with COVID-19.