In Russia, 1243 patients with COVID-19 died per day

This was announced by the headquarters for combating COVID-19.

The day before, 1241 deaths were reported per day.

The total number of deaths diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country was 266,579.

Earlier, the deputy director of the Gamaleya Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Denis Logunov, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, explained the need to be re-vaccinated against coronavirus.

He spoke about the decrease in the effectiveness of primary vaccination against coronavirus six to eight months after application.

In July, Vitaly Zverev, microbiologist, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, scientific director of the Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums, in an interview with URA.RU, emphasized the importance of achieving population immunity to coronavirus in the world.