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

CORONAVIRUS was detected in 5.6 thousand Russians, doctors detected similar indicators more than two months ago, in early May. In recent weeks, the number of new patients in RUSSIA has been growing.

Over the past 24 hours, 5685 cases of covid have been detected in Russia, this is the highest figure since the beginning of May 2022. And after May 21, the figure did not rise at all above 5 thousand infected with coronavirus.

1110 people were hospitalized in the last 24 hours, the operational headquarters indicates that this is 17% less than the day before. 4317 people have been discharged from hospitals.

The operational headquarters recorded the death of 37 people infected with coronavirus per day.

Weekly incidence of coronavirus in Russia increased by 30% Society

In Russia, the number of daily detected cases of coronavirus has been growing in recent weeks. From July 4 to July 11, the increase compared to the previous week was at the level of 8.2%, the incidence rate was 15.46 per 100 thousand of the population.

In the week from July 11 to July 18, the same indicator was 20.1 per 100,000 population, it increased by 30.2% compared to the previous week.

At the same time, Rospotrebnadzor called the situation with coronavirus in Russia "generally <...> stable." The department reported an increase in the proportion of new sub-variants of the omicron strain, which are more easily transmitted from person to person. At the same time, the disease with these subvariants proceeds more easily than with the previously identified "alpha" and "delta". “In this regard, according to expert estimates, the risks of a sharp increase in the burden on the healthcare system are insignificant,” summarized the Rospotrebnadzor in mid-July.

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At the same time, WHO called on European countries to strengthen epidemiological surveillance and take protective measures in connection with the increase in the number of cases of covid-19 . This year, the situation is similar to last summer, when the organization's regional office announced another wave of infections due to the delta strain, said Hans Kluge, HEAD of the WHO Regional Office for Europe. He added that the number of new coronavirus patients has tripled in the European region over the past six weeks.