The number of cases of coronavirus recorded in Russia per day for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic exceeded 34 thousand - according to the operational headquarters, 34 303 cases of COVID-19 infection were registered in the country. 

The largest number of new cases was detected in Moscow (6740), St. Petersburg (3323) and the Moscow region (2759). 

During this time, 18,717 people fully recovered from the disease, 997 patients died. 

The total number of COVID-19 cases registered in the country has reached 7,992,687. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 7,000,624 patients have recovered in Russia, and 223,312 people have died.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, more than 200.6 million laboratory tests have already been carried out in the country for the presence of the virus.

More than 1.6 million people remain under medical supervision.

According to the Moscow headquarters for combating the spread of coronavirus infection, 70 patients with pneumonia have died in Moscow over the past 24 hours, whose tests showed a positive result for COVID-19.

“1,357 people were hospitalized per day.

There are 631 people on the ventilator, ”they said.

On the eve of the Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova on the air of the TV channel "Russia-24" noted that the country has recently recorded high mortality rates.

“You know that in recent months we have recorded fairly high mortality rates, and I would like to remind everyone that today the main preventive measure that helps protect a person and helps to avoid a fatal outcome is vaccination,” she stressed.

Residents of Russia can be vaccinated free of charge with one of the vaccines registered in the country - "Sputnik V" and "Sputnik Light" Center.

Gamalei, "EpiVacCorona" and "EpiVacCorona-N" are developed by the Novosibirsk center "Vector" and "KoviVak" by the Chumakov Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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In turn, the Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy, in his Telegram channel, expressed the opinion that specialists should more carefully conduct explanatory work with the population about the importance of vaccination. 

“The 'we said, you do' approach does not work.

You need to explain to people, give reasons, and not try to make them just take their word for it.

And to the doctors who save lives every minute, I can only express my immense gratitude.

Their work is invaluable, "Tolstoy said.

At the same time, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov in a conversation with journalist Pavel Zarubin in the program “Moscow Kremlin.

Putin "on the TV channel" Russia "answered the question about the revaccination of Vladimir Putin.

Peskov stressed that he has no doubts that the head of state will be re-vaccinated.

“In this case, everything depends on the advice of specialists.

The President has repeatedly said that he has a very high level of credits, and I think that taking into account the level of credits and the recommendations of doctors, he will make a decision, ”the Kremlin spokesman said.

The Russian president was vaccinated against coronavirus infection in the spring.

He gave the first injection on March 23, the second on April 14.

As reported by Putin, he had a good immune response after the first component of the drug, the second vaccination passed without side effects.

Later, Putin said that he had been vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine.

The situation with coronavirus in the regions of Russia

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the authorities of Russian regions independently make decisions on tightening or weakening restrictive measures, based on the current epidemiological situation.

So, in Tuva, from November 1, the entrance to cultural, sports, catering facilities, as well as to shopping centers and hotels, will be carried out using QR codes.

“At the same time, due to the high risk of infection, mass events, including family celebrations, are still prohibited in the republic,” the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor said.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, against the backdrop of a worsening morbidity situation, another hospital was opened for patients with coronavirus infection COVID-19.

The authorities of the Kursk region also decided to introduce a QR code system for visiting shopping centers. 

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“In addition, a certificate of vaccination or a certificate of a past illness may be a supporting document,” the regional headquarters said in a statement.

In turn, the authorities of the Murmansk region announced the introduction of QR codes for visiting sports competitions in closed premises.

This is reported by the headquarters of the region on its page in "VKontakte".

At the same time, a restriction is introduced according to which the occupancy rate of the corresponding events should not exceed 30%.

The system of QR codes for visiting cultural, sports and public catering facilities has already been introduced in the Primorsky Territory.

A similar decision was made by the authorities of Yakutia.

In the Irkutsk region, for a number of categories of the population, including all residents over 60 years old, mandatory vaccination has been introduced.

In addition to the elderly, medical workers, government officials, employees of catering and trade, tourism and communal spheres, in particular, must be vaccinated.