More than 120 thousand cases have been identified. Current about COVID on January 30

In RUSSIA, more than 120 thousand cases of covid-19 were again detected per day, of which almost 10 thousand people were hospitalized, a new subspecies of "omicron" was reported in Britain. Relevant about the pandemic - in the RBC review January 31, 12:30 Moscow time CORONAVIRUS Russia Moscow World +124070 (per day) 11.9 million Infected 0 +621 (per day) 331.3 thousand Died +23417 (per day) 2, 4 million Infected 0 +75 (per day) 38.9 thousand Died +2160374 (per day) 374.7 million Infected 0 +5657 (per day) 5.7 million Died Source:

Situation in Russia

More than 120 thousand cases were detected in the country per day for the first time - 124,070 people, 621 of the previously sick patients died. The total number of infected exceeded 11.8 million, more than 10.2 million people recovered. Died, according to the operational headquarters, more than 331 thousand. During the day, 9 thousand people were admitted to hospitals - 8% less than the day before.

Changes in the number of new cases of Covid-19 infection in Russia January 31 Created with Highcharts 8.2.2 Moscow Russia Russia excluding Moscow apr.
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The chief freelance infectious disease specialist of the Ministry of HEALTH, Vladimir Chulanov, told in an interview with RBC whether it is fair to consider Omicron a mild strain, what are the chances of vaccinated people getting infected with it, and whether this will be the “final boss” after which the pandemic will end.

Chulanov - RBC: It is naive to think that the evolution of covid will stop on the omicron Society

According to Rosstat, the death rate from coronavirus in 2021 as the main or presumably main cause of death was 446.38 thousand Russians. Taking into account those for whom COVID-19 became a concomitant cause of death, the number of deaths reached 517.8 thousand people, which is 3.2 times higher than in the previous year.

Over the week, the level of herd immunity in Russia has not changed and remained at the level of 64.4%. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova clarified that the largest decline was recorded in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Chechnya, Moscow, as well as in the Moscow, Ivanovo and Kostroma regions.

Against the backdrop of the spread of "omicron", the government allocated more than 7.3 billion rubles. to support polyclinics operating under the system of compulsory medical insurance.

Vaccination in the Russian regions January 28 Number of vaccine doses applied per 100 population of the region* first dose second dose <40 0 40-50 0 50-60 0 60-70 0 >70 0 Created with Highmaps 5.0.10Zoom in+Zoom out- * May not be equal to the proportion of the vaccinated population. The operational headquarters includes data on revaccination in the information on vaccination with the first and second dose. At the same time, he does not specify whether people who have been revaccinated once or several times are taken into account. Sources: Coronavirus Operational Headquarters, Rosstat, RBC calculations Data for Russia i

Significant damage to the lungs as a result of severe COVID-19 in some cases can lead to the appearance of malignant neoplasms, “but whether this is realized in the future in the development of lung cancer is not at all a fact,” said the deputy DIRECTOR of the Institute of Clinical Oncology of the Center. N.N. Blokhin Konstantin Laktionov. There is currently no evidence that COVID-19 patients are more likely to develop lung cancer.

How the number of deaths from Covid-19 in Russia is changing January 30 Daily data from the operational headquarters Created with Highcharts 8.2.2RussiaMoscowSt.
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Spread of coronavirus Covid-19 in regions of Russia January 30 Number of confirmed cases of infection <25,000 0 <50,000 0 <75,000 0 <250,000 0 from 250,000 0 Created with Highmaps 5.0.1001M2M3MZoom in+Zoom out- Source: Federal and regional headquarters for the fight against the virus Data for Russia i

Russian laboratories offer several options for testing antibodies to the COVID-19 pathogen. Which one to choose, in what cases what is needed and why it is not necessary to compare tests from different laboratories - read in the RBC material.

The situation in the world

According to WHO, the number of people infected with coronavirus in the world exceeded 364.1 million people, of which more than 5.6 million died.

The United States remains the leader in the number of confirmed cases , where more than 72 million infected have been identified. India is in second place (over 40 million), Brazil is in third (24 million), France is in fourth (over 17.6 million), and the United Kingdom is in fifth (over 16 million). British doctors have identified a subspecies of the Omicron BA.2 strain. Scientists examined the contacts of the British from December 27 to January 11 and found that people with this mutation infected family members in 13.4% of cases. This is 3.1% more than with the main omicron mutation.

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