In Russia, more than 17 thousand cases of COVID were detected for the first time since the beginning of April

During the day, 17.1 thousand people fell ill with a new coronavirus infection in the country. This figure is comparable to the data on the daily number of cases at the beginning of April,

In Russia, 17,126 new cases of coronavirus infection have been identified, according to the data of the operational headquarters.

The number of cases exceeded 17 thousand people per day for the first time since the beginning of April: on April 2, 17,949 cases were registered, the next day - 16,828; Since then, the daily incidence has not risen above this indicator.

1916 people were hospitalized over the past day, 6.0% less compared to August 3. 44 people died.

9752 people have been discharged from hospitals.

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Rospotrebnadzor lifted all anti-COVID restrictions in the country on July 1, explaining this by a steady decline in the incidence over several months.

However, two weeks after the lifting of all restrictions, a new surge in incidence began: if at the beginning of the month about 3 thousand cases of COVID-19 were detected per day , then by the end of the month the incidence increased fourfold, reaching more than 12 thousand new cases per day.

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On August 2, Rospotrebnadzor recommended wearing masks to “vulnerable categories” of the population in crowded places and public transport. The agency also reported that over the past two weeks, the incidence of COVID-19 in the whole country has more than doubled (+ 67%) compared to the period of July 18-24. Exceeding the average incidence rate (50.23 per 100 thousand population) was registered in 15 regions. At the same time, the largest number of infections in the last two weeks was caused by subspecies of the omicron strain BA.4 and BA.5, they account for 82.5% of cases.

On August 3, 14,638 new cases were detected in the country, with a third of them in Moscow. Over the past day, the incidence in the city has almost doubled - 5720 against 2765 new cases the day before. On August 4, 5973 new cases were detected in the capital.