Rospotrebnadzor called the increase in the incidence of COVID almost universal

Rospotrebnadzor has recorded an increase in the incidence of coronavirus throughout the country in the past two weeks, said Deputy Director of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Gorelov, RIA Novosti reports.

“Unfortunately, in the last two weeks in Russia, almost everywhere, with the exception of the Far East, there has been an increase in the incidence, not as explosive as it was in December last year,” he said.

The scientist pointed out the need for vaccination against COVID-19 in order to prevent the rise in incidence in the fall, which will take place in parallel with the flu.

In Russia, for the first time since the beginning of May, more than 5.6 thousand people infected with COVID were detected Society

The incidence of coronavirus in Russia has been declining since February and has reached its lowest level since the start of the pandemic in June. On July 1, Rospotrebnadzor lifted all covid restrictions in the country, as the weekly rate has decreased by more than 64 times since winter, and the disease began to proceed in a mild form in the form of acute respiratory infections or asymptomatically.

However, in July, the daily number of cases began to rise. By July 10, the coronavirus prevalence rate — the number of people infected by one sick person before going into self-isolation — had risen to 1.13 units, the highest since February 13.

Up-to-date data on coronavirus in Russia and the world. Infographic Society

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Rospotrebnadzor explained that in Russia there is a growing proportion of new, more contagious variants of the COVID-19 omicron strain, which occur in a mild form. On July 19, the agency reported that Moscow doctors had identified five cases of infection in Moscow with a new subspecies of "centaur" (BA.2.75), which was first discovered in India.

The World Health Organization has called on all countries to return to the mask regime. Roszdravnadzor instructed the regional authorities to resume the work of headquarters for the prevention of coronavirus.

Over the past 24 hours, the operational headquarters has identified 5,685 cases of COVID in Russia, which was the maximum figure since the beginning of May 2022. 1,110 people were hospitalized, 4,317 Russians recovered, 37 died.

The level of herd immunity, which reflects the number of people who have been ill in the last six months, vaccinated and revaccinated, fell to 14.3%, while the required 80%.

How the number of hospitalizations with coronavirus in Russia changes July 21 The number of hospitalized and diagnosed cases per day. The operational headquarters began to provide open regular statistics on hospitalizations from January 20, 2022 Created with Highcharts 8.2.2

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