“The growth is mainly due to the introduction of changes in the procedure for registering new cases of COVID-19 at the federal level... If the previous methodology for registering new cases were maintained, a significant drop in incidence would be observed today,” the Russian capital’s operational headquarters said in a statement.
In accordance with the decree of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia, now, data on the results of tests conducted in clinics for the presence of an antigen to the pathogen (rapid tests. - RT
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will now be added to the daily record of cases of coronavirus, along with the results of PCR tests .
During the day, 1374 patients with COVID-19 were hospitalized in Moscow.
Over the past 24 hours, 22,747 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in the capital.