Vaccination remaining laborious and containment measures absent despite the wave of the Delta variant which has hit Russia since June, the country recorded a new record of daily deaths due to Covid-19 on Tuesday.

According to the report published daily by the government, 852 people with the coronavirus have died in the past 24 hours.

The previous record of 828 deaths was set on September 24.

Less than 30% of the vaccinated population

In total, 205,531 people have died from Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to a restrictive definition of deaths from the virus given by the Russian government. According to this report, Russia is the most bereaved country in Europe. The Russian statistics agency Rosstat, which has a broader definition, reported more than 350,000 deaths at the end of July 2021.

Since June, Russia has been hard hit by the Delta variant of the coronavirus, known to be more contagious, and has failed to stop its progression.

The number of new daily cases has hovered around 20,000 for almost two weeks.

On Tuesday it reached 21,559.

Vaccination, against a background of mistrust of the authorities, has been sluggish for months despite the design of four national vaccines.

According to a count from the Gogov website, only 28.6% of the Russian population is fully vaccinated to date.

Wearing a mask that is little respected

The public authorities, to preserve a fragile economy, refuse to adopt restrictive health measures or containment.

Wearing a mask, however compulsory, is very uncertain in public places and the instructions for distancing are rarely observed.

Last week, the city of Moscow admitted it was facing a second outbreak of the Delta variant, after a first in the summer.

Contamination there jumped 24% over a week, and hospitalizations by 15%.

President Vladimir Putin, a contact case after the appearance of a major epidemic outbreak in the Kremlin, has been in solitary confinement since September 14.

Authorities have not announced an end date for his quarantine.

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