“The number of hospitalizations increased by 31% over the week,” he said on the air of Radio Russia - St. Petersburg.
His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
According to him, the number of beds in the "red zones" today exceeds 20%.
“The city is up to the challenge.
But the epidemic situation is getting worse,” the governor said.
Earlier, 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.