Petersburg recorded a sharp increase in the number of people infected with COVID-19

In St. Petersburg , an increase in the number of people infected with the coronavirus COVID-19 was recorded . This is reported by the interdepartmental city coordinating council to combat the spread of infection.

According to him, compared with last Sunday, May 9, the number of new infections in the city has increased by almost 29%. “The daily hospitalization of adults with covid-associated conditions increased by 26.35%,” the report says.

Over the past week, the number of actively infected with coronavirus increased by 6.38%. At the same time, compared with a week ago, a significant increase in the number of recovered patients was registered - by 517.92%. “This is due to the fact that during a long period of holidays and non-working days, citizens less often applied to medical organizations to see a doctor, register and recover and close a sick leave,” the report’s compilers explained.

To date, 619,580 people have been vaccinated against coronavirus in St. Petersburg. Of these, two injections were made by 518.5 thousand patients. Over the past day, 4.5 thousand people were vaccinated primarily, 3 thousand people were vaccinated again.