In Russia, for the first time since the beginning of November, more than 6 thousand cases of COVID were detected

In Russia, 6,088 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected over the past day, according to the data of the operational headquarters, which are published on its website.

The last time more than 6 thousand cases of infection were detected in Russia on November 4. Then the infection was found in 6,149 patients.

Most of the cases during the day were detected in Moscow (1212), St. Petersburg (501) and the Sverdlovsk region (295). The top five for this indicator also includes the Samara (187) and Moscow (185) regions.

During the same day, 1,321 patients with coronavirus were hospitalized across the country. 5088 have recovered and 53 have died.

In total, since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 21.5 million cases of infection have been registered in the country, including repeated ones. The sick recovered in almost 21 million cases. According to the headquarters, 391.8 thousand people died from COVID-19 .

Up-to-date data on coronavirus in Russia and the world. Infographic Society

The chief specialist of the Ministry of Health for infectious diseases, Professor Vladimir Chulanov, did not rule out that the incidence of coronavirus in Russia would increase again due to the spread of the Cerberus strain. He was identified in the country at the end of October.

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The new coronavirus strain BQ.1.1 "cerberus" is a mutated variant of BA.5, "omicron". The strain was discovered in September in a number of European countries and was distinguished by its rapid spread (20–30% faster than “omicron”).

The head physician of the Moscow Clinical Hospital No. 15, Valeria Vechorko, said that "Cerberus" differs from other strains of "strong toothiness" (that is, outgrowths due to which this type of virus was named coronavirus.).

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, admitted that the incidence rate would increase by the end of autumn. At the same time, she emphasized that “no restrictive measures are planned to be introduced today.”