It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the department.
“According to the results of the 30th week of 2022, 73,717 cases of COVID-19 were registered in Russia.
The incidence rate was 50.23 per 100 thousand of the population, which is 67.6% higher than last week.
Exceeding the average incidence rate (50.23 per 100,000 population) was registered in 15 regions,” Rospotrebnadzor noted.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that coronavirus in patients in Russia mostly proceeds in a mild form, comparable to SARS.
Also, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko recalled in a conversation with the FAN about the importance of revaccination against COVID-19.
He noted that there is an increase in cases due to new variations of "omicron" BA.5 and BA.2, which are more contagious.