The number of hospitalizations with coronavirus in the Moscow region for a week increased by 23%

“In terms of the number of hospitalizations, we have grown by 23% over the past week.

We hospitalize about 850 per day, almost up to 900 people per day, ”TASS quoted Strigunkova as saying.

According to these indicators, the Moscow region is approaching peak loads, she explained.

The minister also added that about 3.6 million people in the region were vaccinated against COVID-19.

“There are people with vaccinations (among those hospitalized with COVID-19 -

), But we saw that among all those vaccinated - 3.6 million people - 1% gets sick,” Strigunkova said.

In Russia, 29 409 cases of coronavirus were detected per day.