“The coverage rate for laboratory tests to identify the causative agents of COVID has been increased to 300 tests per 100 thousand population.
Over the past week, the majority of Russian constituent entities have coped with this task, with the exception of 28, ”Popova said at a meeting of the Presidium of the Coordination Council for Combating Coronavirus.
Earlier, President Vladimir Putin said that Russia needs to increase the rate of testing for coronavirus.
According to data as of November 23, 33,996 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia during the day.
In total, 9,400,835 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country since the beginning of the epidemic.