In RUSSIA, by February 1, the daily increase in new cases of CORONAVIRUS infection may reach 65 thousand, Viktor Zakharov, HEAD of the Department of Mathematical Modeling of Energy Systems, head of the Center for Intelligent Logistics at St. Petersburg State University (SPbGU), told TASS.
“Our model predicts that by February 1, the number of new detected daily cases of coronavirus infection in Russia may reach 65 thousand. At the same time, the total number of detected cases will exceed the threshold of 11.5 million people,” the scientist shared the results of the study.
Popova called the growth rate of infection with the omicron strain “frightening” Society
In addition, by February 1, the number of simultaneously sick covid-19 in the country will reach 1 million people. Today, the number of "active cases" is over 623,000, he added.
“The rate of increase in the incidence may well continue until mid-February. In this case, in the middle of the second decade of February, the number of new cases per day may exceed 110 thousand, and the number of active cases of the disease will reach the level of 1 million 800 thousand. After that, the growth in the number of new cases of the disease will slow down or the daily incidence will begin to decrease, ”said Zakharov.