
Over the previous day, 33,796 people infected with the COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS infection were detected in Russia, which is 238 more than the day before. The number of detected COVID-19 infections has moved up after six consecutive days of decline, according to data from the federal operational headquarters. However, the figure still remains well below the absolute maximum recorded on November 6 of 41,335 infections per day.
The number of detected COVID-19 infections in Moscow increased the most in one day - from 2533 to 3349 (by 816 people, or 32%). Growth was also recorded in St. Petersburg - from 1387 to 1538 (+11%). At the same time, noticeably fewer COVID-19 patients were found in the Moscow Region — 1,483 versus 1,842 a day earlier.
Among the leaders in infections per day were also the Samara region (1215), Krasnodar region (790), Voronezh region (740), Sverdlovsk region (734), Nizhny Novgorod region (719) and Krasnoyarsk region (708). In these regions, a serious change in the number of infected people has not been recorded.
In some regions of Russia, the number of COVID-19 infections detected per day has increased to the highest level since the beginning of the pandemic. In particular, these are:
Chelyabinsk region - 635; Khabarovsk Territory - 585; Primorsky Krai - 443.