1106 patients died: a new daily anti-record for the number of deaths from COVID-19 was recorded in Russia

The total number of detected cases of COVID-19 in Russia since the beginning of the pandemic has reached 8,316,019. During this time, 7,213,584 people recovered, 232,775 patients died from complications that developed against the background of COVID-19 and concomitant diseases.

Over the past day, 36,446 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded.

At the same time, 26 973 people were discharged after recovery, 1 106 died - this is a new maximum figure.

The day before, an anti-record was set in the country for the daily number of new cases of coronavirus - 37 930.

The largest number of new coronavirus episodes were recorded in Moscow (6074), the Moscow region (2930), St. Petersburg (2735) and the Samara region (1278).

Rospotrebnadzor reported that more than 205.7 million laboratory tests were carried out in the country for the presence of the virus.

More than 1.89 million people remain under medical supervision.

On the eve of the Ministry of Health approved the form of the certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 and the transferred disease.

The corresponding order of the department will enter into force on November 8.

At the same time, similar documents that the citizens of the Russian Federation received before this date will be automatically reissued on the single portal of State Services until March 1, 2022.

The following information will be placed on two pages of the new certificate form: QR code, personal data of the patient, information about the vaccination (date, drug, place where the injection was given), information on medical contraindications, if any, and data on the transferred COVID-19 if a citizen has had a coronavirus.

In Russia, 53,511,786 people have already been vaccinated with the first component, 49,161,150 Russians have completed the full course of vaccination, and the herd immunity level is 45.7%.

According to Ancha Baranova, Professor of the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University, Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Functional Genomics at the Medical Genetic Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia has not yet managed to achieve the required level of herd immunity due to the low rates of vaccination and the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 "delta ".

“It turns out that those who have already been ill and vaccinated should be revaccinated, and the rate of revaccination is even worse than that of vaccination.

The process stretched out in time, the collective immunity did not have time to form, and when this happens depends on our behavior and on further mutations of the virus, "RIA Novosti quotes her.

In July, the Russian authorities set a goal to achieve collective immunity at the level of at least 80% of the population by November 1.

Allergist immunologist Vladimir Bolibok, in an interview with Sputnik radio, urged Russians to get vaccinated in order to protect themselves from coronavirus infection, including the delta strain.

“I recommend getting vaccinated.

The vaccine almost 100% prevents death as a result of this disease, and it also protects against the severe course of COVID-19.

If we talk specifically about the Sputnik V drug, then it gives more than 90 percent protection against coronavirus infection, "he stressed.

Mutation of the delta strain of coronavirus AY.4.2

The day before, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said that three cases of the disease were detected in Moscow and the Moscow region with a new variant of the "delta" strain, which was designated AY.4.2 or VUI-21OCT-01. This mutation was first identified in the UK, where the local regulator believes it may have a higher rate of spread.

“There is no data yet that the new virus causes a more severe course of the disease or that it is resistant to the action of antibodies.

The UK health authorities have published the results of the primary analysis, and they do not show convincing evidence of a difference in the risk of hospitalization or death between VUI-21OCT-01 and the original "delta", - said Kamil Khafizov, head of the scientific group for the development of new methods for diagnosing human diseases at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, whose words leads RIA Novosti.

He also assured that the vast majority of Russian test systems for COVID-19 are capable of detecting a new strain.

"The peculiarity of this line is two key substitutions in the S-protein gene, which is very rarely targeted by developers because of the known variability of the gene sequence, therefore they do not affect the effectiveness of tests," said a representative of Rospotrebnadzor.

It is the first time that isolated cases of the disease with the AY.4.2 mutation have been detected in Russia.

became known on October 21.