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The incidence of COVID-19 in Russia has been increasing since September. On November 6, the number of infections detected daily surpassed 20,000 for the first time, and on Saturday it surpassed 22,000 for the first time.
The highest incidence is still registered in Moscow: last day 5,882 cases of infection were diagnosed and 74 patients died.
Since the beginning of the epidemic, a total of 1,971,013 cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in the country and 33,931 patients with COVID-19 have died.
The total number of people treated and recovered in hospitals amounted to 1,475,904, of which 22,055 thousand were hospitalized. issued within the last day, at most one day after the start of the pandemic.
Although many European countries have reintroduced various restrictions in the fight against the second wave of the pandemic, Russia is refusing to issue a new quarantine.
Russia reports far lower deaths than other countries affected by the pandemic, and critics accuse the government of trying to hide the true scale of the crisis.
Demographic data collected from March to September shows that the death toll in the country was more than 117,000 compared to the same period last year. higher cases. Therefore, the actual number of COVID-19 victims is likely to be much higher.
In some regions of Russia, doctors and patients are reporting enormous pressure on emergency services, medicine shortages and overcrowded bodies.
Buryatia, in eastern Siberia, became the country’s first region since the start of the second wave on Monday, deciding to close bars, restaurants, supermarkets and other non-essential facilities for two weeks.
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashka said on Monday that 84 percent of the country’s hospitals are already occupied. all beds for COVID-19 patients.
Artur Fokin, minister of health in the Ivanovo region northeast of Moscow, said local morgues were packed.
“We are looking for additional freezers because the corpses can no longer keep the bodies until they are handed over to their relatives,” Fokin told reporters on Monday.
Russia’s independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that drug stocks in some regions were running low and ambulance brigades were working hard to help all patients.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Monday criticized the regional governors’ decisions not to lift the restrictions.
“In most regions where tensions have arisen, this has been due to delays in deciding on restrictive measures,” he said.
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