In Russia, for the third day in a row, more than 17 thousand new cases of COVID were detected.

Most of the infections are still in Moscow, the Moscow region and St. Petersburg. Died of COVID-19450 people per day. Authorities attribute the rise in cases to new, more aggressive strains of the virus

Over the past day, 17,611 new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Russia. This was reported by the operational headquarters to combat the spread of COVID-19.

For the third consecutive day in the country, the daily increase in cases is more than 17 thousand people. Yesterday, the authorities reported 17.9 thousand cases, a day earlier - about 17.2 thousand. Since the beginning of the spread of the disease, it has already been detected in 5.31 million Russians.

Moscow (8305), Moscow region (1638) and St. Petersburg (1019) remain the leaders in this indicator. In addition, the top 10 regions with the highest incidence rates include:

Nizhny Novgorod region (249); Buryatia (235); Voronezh region (196); Crimea (178); Rostov region (165); Sverdlovsk region (165); Tver region (148).

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450 people have died from coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours. According to the operational headquarters, the total number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic has been 129,361. This is half the data of Rosstat, which counted nearly 270,000 deaths from April 2020 to April 2021 alone. The difference is explained by a different calculation method: the statistical office takes into account cases of coronavirus detection after death, as well as deaths caused by other diseases against the background of COVID-19.

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A sharp increase in the incidence in the country has been going on since the beginning of June. Moscow in previous days set an absolute pandemic record - more than 9 thousand new infections per day. The mayor of the city, Sergei Sobyanin, said that this is due to the spread of a new Indian strain of coronavirus, which behaves more aggressively, penetrates the body faster, and twice as strong immunity is needed to contain it.

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Due to the worsening epidemic situation, the authorities of the regions are introducing new restrictions and encouraging citizens to get vaccinated. President Vladimir Putin announced on the eve of the need to increase the pace of the vaccination campaign.

June 20, 11:00 Moscow time Coronavirus Russia Moscow World +8629 (per day) 4.9 million Recovered 0 +17611 (per day) 5.3 million Infected 0 +450 (per day) 129.4 thousand Died +2945 ( per day) 1.1 million Recovered 0 +8305 (per day) 1.3 million Infected 0 +81 (per day) 21.4 thousand Died +331850 (per day) 116.2 million Recovered 0 +369747 (per day) ) 178.2 million Infected 0 +8466 (per day) 3.9 million Died Source: JHU,
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