In St. Petersburg, a record increase in the incidence of coronavirus

In St. Petersburg , a sharp jump in the incidence of CORONAVIRUS infection was recorded. Over the past day, on January 23, 2022, 9,535 cases of covid-19 infection were registered in the city, according to the federal operational headquarters for combating the pandemic. The day before, 8451 cases of covid were recorded in the city.

According to official data, a week ago, the number of daily registered patients with covid did not exceed 4 thousand people in St. Petersburg, and a month ago it was less than 2 thousand.

During the day, only 1,196 Petersburgers recovered in the city. According to the headquarters, 65 citizens died from covid.

The St. Petersburg government added that 473 Petersburgers with coronavirus were hospitalized in the city over the past day. In total, 6,013 patients are currently being treated in hospitals, 602 of them are in intensive care, 337 are connected to mechanical ventilation (there are 18 “covid” hospitals in the city; free bed capacity as of January 24 is 44.91%). More than 45 thousand citizens are on outpatient treatment.