“At the moment, more than 1 million 120 thousand people have received the first component of the vaccine, of which more than 1 million 60 thousand are vaccinated with the second component of the vaccine,” says a statement published on the website of the regional government.

It is noted that "the vaccination plan and the percentage of vaccine use in the Samara region is higher than the average in Russia, but in comparison with the work already carried out in the region, the rate of vaccination has now decreased."

According to data as of September 27, 22,236 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia per day.

In total, 7,443,149 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the country during the pandemic.

Director of the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Gamaleya Alexander Gintsburg, in an interview with the NSN, told how herd immunity is formed.