The head of the Moscow region announced a record number of patients on mechanical ventilation

According to the Governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov, more than 500 ventilators are employed in the region, which has become a record figure for the region.

In the Moscow region, due to the increase in the incidence of CORONAVIRUS, 502 artificial lung ventilation (IVL) devices are employed, the HEAD of the region, Andrey Vorobyov, said on the air of the Rossiya 1 TV channel.

“We have a record number of ventilators working today, 502 this morning,” the governor said.

Vorobyov said that 10,000 patients with covid-19 are being treated in hospital , and the HEALTH care system of the Moscow region is "working to the limit." According to him, 80% of hospitalized people have not been vaccinated against coronavirus. “We see a fairly aggressive virus,” he said.

At the same time, Vorobyov added, in recent days the number of vaccinated people in the Moscow region has increased - from 4-5 thousand to 10 thousand people a day. He noted that earlier, a maximum of 70 thousand people were vaccinated in the region per day, and the region cannot repeat those figures.

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A new wave of COVID-19 disease began in the region in mid-September, said Svetlana Strigunkova, head of the regional Ministry of Health, noting that the number of cases has been growing for the seventh week, and the number of cases detected daily is breaking records of previous waves. According to her, this wave of coronavirus will last in the Moscow region until December if residents do not comply with restrictive measures.

Strigunkova clarified that a large burden on the healthcare system is also due to the intensive spread of SARS and influenza. According to her, ambulances in the region respond to 11,000 calls daily, and another 220,000 people come to hospitals. These data, she pointed out, are twice the pre-pandemic time.

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To contain the increase in the number of cases, the authorities of the Moscow region announced a period of non-working days from October 28 to November 7. These days, all catering establishments will stop working (they will be able to work only in the delivery and takeaway mode), shopping centers, non-food stores, swimming pools, spas, baths, beauty salons, fitness clubs, dentistry (they will be able to serve customers only in case of emergency) and children's playrooms. The authorities have also canceled public events; only those who have been vaccinated or have been ill in the past six months will be able to enter museums and theaters.

Over the past day, 2,930 new patients with COVID-19 have been identified in the region, according to the operational headquarters. In recent days, the death rate among those infected with coronavirus has sharply increased in the region - 38 people have died over the past day, while seven people died a week earlier, on October 19.

Over the entire period of the spread of infection in the Moscow region, more than 505.2 thousand people fell ill, 8554 died. According to the headquarters, 3.5 million people were fully vaccinated, the vaccination rate is 64.8%.

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