“For the reporting week 16, 1195 sequences were loaded, of which 1119 sequences (93.6% of the total number) were assigned to the Omicron genovariant, 31 (2.6%) to the delta genovariant, 45 (3.8%) to other non-dominant genovariants ),” the website says.

Earlier, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko, in an interview with the FAN, commented on the situation with the spread of "stealth omicron".

As of April 26, 3161 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized in Russia per day, 1112 the day before.