In Russia, 179 thousand COVID-19 infections were detected with 15 thousand hospitalizations

In RUSSIA, 798 people died from CORONAVIRUS per day;this is the maximum for a month and a half since the beginning of January

Over the past day, 179,147 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Russia. St. Petersburg remains the leader in the number of infections, where 18,042 cases have been detected over the past day. In Moscow, there are half as many, 6874 people.

More than 5 thousand covid-19 infections were detected in five Russian regions:

Krasnoyarsk Territory - 7897; Novosibirsk region - 5483; Perm Territory - 5198; Moscow region - 5188; Voronezh region - 5100.

At the same time, the number of hospitalizations throughout the country is 15,062.

According to the operational headquarters, 798 people infected with coronavirus died in the last 24 hours. This is the highest figure since January 6, when 802 deaths were recorded.

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On February 18, the Federal Operational Headquarters reported that the level of herd immunity to coronavirus had decreased in Russia to 59.7%. A week earlier, this figure was 61.9%.

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Among the leading regions, where the level of collective immunity exceeds 80%, St. Petersburg, Karelia, Sevastopol and the Murmansk region are in the lead. In Tuva, which was previously also among the leaders, the indicator fell to 77.3%

In total, 82.6 million full courses of vaccination were carried out in Russia and 86.69 million vaccinations were made by the first component.

Vaccination in regions of Russia Number of doses of vaccine applied per 100 population of the region* first dose second dose *May not be equal to the share of the vaccinated population. The operational headquarters includes data on revaccination in the information on vaccination with the first and second dose. At the same time, he does not specify whether people who have been revaccinated once or several times are taken into account. Sources: Coronavirus Operational Headquarters, Rosstat, RBC calculations Data for Russia i