"I hope there will be further improvement": Sobyanin announced that Moscow has passed the peak of the incidence of COVID-19

Moscow has passed the peak values ​​of the incidence of coronavirus infection.

Mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin announced this on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel.

“In general, we see that there is a decrease in the incidence rate, this is positive, it means that we have passed these peaks, and I hope that there will be further improvement,” Sobyanin said.

He added that for the fifth week in the city, there has been a decrease in the incidence rate, there are fewer and fewer newly diagnosed patients, while the number of hospitalizations is not decreasing at such a rate.

At the same time, the mayor stressed that “there is no need to calm down.

“Unfortunately, this infection has not gone anywhere.

Therefore, you need to protect yourself, take care of yourself, get vaccinated in a timely manner, ”the Moscow Mayor explained.

According to him, about 90 thousand people are vaccinated per day with the first and second components of the vaccines - "this is a large volume."

According to the data of the operational headquarters in the capital, 3425 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Moscow over the past day.

In total, 1,481,296 cases have been reported in the city since the start of the pandemic.

Over the past 24 hours, 7,010 people were discharged, and over the entire period the number of recovered people reached 1,319,555. From complications that developed against the background of COVID-19 and concomitant diseases, 107 patients died in the last 24 hours, and the total number of deaths reached 24,898.

“During the day, 1,136 people were hospitalized, 107 patients died.

There are 585 people on the ventilator, ”the message says.

In addition, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said that in the region, daily registration for vaccination is about 75-80 thousand people.

At the same time, he pointed out that in the Moscow region, for the fourth week in a row, "beds are being vacated" for patients diagnosed with coronavirus.

“Today, thank God, we see negative dynamics,” he said.

In this regard, from August 1, the temporary hospital for patients with COVID-19 in the Patriot Park will be closed.

"The situation with COVID-19 remains tense"

On Friday, July 23, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin chaired a meeting of the Presidium of the Coordination Council to combat the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection.

According to him, the situation with the coronavirus in the country remains tense.

The head of the Cabinet also noted that in a number of regions, testing for the detection of COVID-19 is not being carried out at a sufficient level.

“I want to once again draw the attention of the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation: it is necessary to increase the volume of testing to a level that meets the established requirements of Rospotrebnadzor.

It is very important in order to timely identify a disease in a person and provide him with assistance, and it is also necessary to predict the epidemiological situation, ”he said.

Mishustin also stressed that vaccination remains the most effective way to protect yourself from coronavirus.

At the same time, in Russia as a whole, the rate of vaccination has almost doubled recently.

“The situation in the regions, however, is very different.

The President especially drew attention to the fact that at the regional level, leaders are personally involved in vaccination issues.

It is very important to tell people about the need to be vaccinated, about what drugs are available, to answer questions of interest so that they have no doubts, ”the prime minister explained.

In turn, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko noted that in Russia almost 35 million people were vaccinated with the first component of the vaccine.

In addition, the number of vaccination points in the country is increasing; to date, their number has exceeded 13.5 thousand.

As the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova noted, this week the country is experiencing a continuing decline in the rate of increase in the incidence, mainly due to Moscow and the Moscow region.

“The incidence rate continues to grow in 57 regions, stabilization - in 18 and decline in 10 regions.

At the same time, in Moscow, the incidence decreased by a third.

The maximum increase in the incidence over the past five days - and this is more than 20% - is observed in the Stavropol Territory, Tomsk, Astrakhan Regions, the Republic of Adygea and the Jewish Autonomous Region, "- said the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation.

We add that over the past day, the increase in cases of coronavirus infection in Russia amounted to 23,811.Since the beginning of the pandemic, 6,078,522 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the country.

The total number of recovered people reached 5,450,004 (22,547 people in the past 24 hours), while the total number of deaths reached 152,296 (795 in the last 24 hours).