In Russia, for the first time since March, more than 11 thousand cases of COVID were detected per

day, so many patients have not been since the end of February

Over the past 24 hours, 11,699 cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection have been detected in Russia, this is the highest figure since February 24 (then it was 11,749), according to data from the federal headquarters. Above the mark of 11 thousand, the number of infections per day rose for the first time since March 6 (it was 11,022).

Most of the COVID-19 infections, as usual, in Moscow. During the day, 5245 patients with COVID-19 were detected in the capital, which was a new maximum since mid-January.

In addition, the top 5 regions — leaders in terms of the number of infections included:

St. Petersburg - 859; Moscow region - 801; Nizhny Novgorod region - 172; Rostov region - 156.

In total, more than 5.167 million infections have been detected in Russia since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the sick have already recovered, but 125,278 people have died from the disease, according to the operational headquarters. Only in the last 24 hours from COVID-19, according to the headquarters, 383 people died, including 63 in Moscow.