Over the past day in the Perm region, CORONAVIRUS infection was detected in 280 people. A day earlier, 265 cases of covid-19 were detected in the region , and on August 6, 293 cases.
Not a single patient died from COVID-19 during the day. During the entire period of the pandemic in the region, 8,853 patients died from coronavirus. The total number of infected in the Perm Territory has reached 375,966.
According to the Ministry of HEALTH of the Perm Territory, since the beginning of mass vaccination in the region, 1.47 million residents of the region have been vaccinated with the first component. Of these, 1.39 million have completed the course of immunization - they have received the first and second components. Herd immunity in the Kama region does not meet the criteria of a “COVID-free region” and amounts to 7.2%.
Earlier, RBC Perm reported that a significant increase in the incidence of covid is predicted in the Perm Territory. Evgeny Smirnov, HEAD of the epidemiological surveillance department of the Rospotrebnadzor Administration for the Perm Territory, said this in an interview with RBC Perm.
The representative of the department said that an increase in the incidence was noted throughout RUSSIA. The Perm Territory is no exception. Since the end of July, the incidence has tripled. However, Rospotrebnadzor does not yet call this the sixth wave.