"Among the vaccinated citizens, the number of hospitalizations, severe complications of COVID-19 is significantly lower than among the unvaccinated," Kuznetsov's TASS report.

The Ministry of Health also said that the high mortality rate from a new coronavirus infection is associated, in particular, with the spread of the "delta" strain, which causes complications more rapidly.

Earlier it was reported that as of August 26, 6,824,540 cases of infection were detected in Russia during the pandemic.

Immunologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Vladislav Zhemchugov, in an interview with NSN, told whether it is possible to get coronavirus infection again.