More than 169 million tests since the beginning of the pandemic: 22,866 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia per day

In Russia, over the past day, the coronavirus was detected in 22,866 people.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 6,447,750 cases of infection have been recorded in the country.

During this time, 5,755,507 people recovered (15,669 in the last 24 hours).

Over the past day, 787 patients died from complications that developed against the background of COVID-19 and concomitant diseases, and the total number of deaths reached 164,881.

Among the regions in terms of the number of new cases, the leaders are Moscow (2761), St. Petersburg (1907), Moscow (1527), Nizhny Novgorod (543) and Sverdlovsk (514) regions.

The capital's headquarters reports that 757 people were hospitalized per day, 63 patients died.

There are 373 people on mechanical ventilation in Moscow hospitals.

In addition, Moscow topped the list of regions with the lowest rate of increase in the number of new cases of coronavirus per day (0.18%).

This list also includes Tatarstan (0.21%), Oryol and Smolensk regions, as well as the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (0.24%).

According to Rospotrebnadzor, for the entire time of the pandemic, over 169 million laboratory tests for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been performed in the country, including 512 thousand in the last day.

More than 1,257,272 people remain under medical supervision.

Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko commented on the situation with the spread of coronavirus infection.

According to him, the current wave of COVID-19 is more aggressive than the previous ones.

“The third wave - due to the fact that the strain is changing - is more aggressive and spreads faster among the population,” Murashko quotes TASS.

During a working visit to the Astrakhan region, the minister noted that more than 27% of the adult population of the region were vaccinated in the region.

At the same time, he urged to maintain the rate of vaccination and ensure maximum rates among pensioners.

“But this pace will not be enough for us to stop COVID-19.

I especially want to emphasize that persons over 60 should be protected practically everything, ”the minister said.

He recalled that one should undergo a full course of vaccination with two-component drugs.

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“After a lapse, depending on the type of vaccine, by the end of the second or third week, productive immunity is formed, which allows you to protect against serious diseases and save life,” he stressed.

He also mentioned that the Sputnik Light single-component vaccine is mainly used among previously vaccinated patients to raise the level of antibodies and increase the body's defenses.

At the same time, experts urge Russians to accelerate vaccination against the backdrop of the approaching start of the school year.

This, in particular, was expressed by the infectious disease doctor, doctor of medical sciences, professor Nikolai Malyshev.

“Soon the end of the holidays, everyone will come again, bring new strains.

There are no obstacles so that children can infect each other: close communication in a team, children, as a rule, do not wear masks, ”TASS quotes him.

Coronavirus mutations

The representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) Melita Vujnovic believes that the greater the transmission of the virus, the more opportunities for its mutations.

“It doesn't happen intermittently - mutations happen with every transmission and 'transcription' of viral RNA.

WHO is monitoring the options that emerge, and some of them are options of concern (alpha, beta, gamma and delta).

And this classification is regularly updated on the basis of monitoring options of interest, "- quotes the words of Vujnovich" Rossiyskaya Gazeta ".

She added that lambda is currently one of the options of interest that is being monitored.

In addition, the representative of the WHO said that the organization monitors whether the lambda "pushes" the "delta" variant.

According to Vujnovic, this is not happening yet, but the "delta" has practically supplanted the "alpha" option.

In this regard, she noted the importance of vaccination and its ability to protect humans from the aggressiveness of the mutating virus.

“It is noted that with high immunization coverage, the number of hospitalizations and people in intensive care units decreases. Various vaccine manufacturers have published data related to their specific vaccines, especially with respect to the delta option, and we propose to study them, ”concluded the WHO representative.