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Both numbers are the highest in the country since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Incidence rates for the previous two days were also record-breaking: 24,318 new COVID-19 cases were detected on Friday and 23,610 on Thursday.
The number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Moscow in the last day (7,168) is also the highest since the start of the pandemic.
74 patients infected with coronavirus also died in the capital last day, with another 6,080 discharged from medical facilities.
A total of 2,064,748 cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in the country since the epidemic began, with 35,778 COVID-19 patients dying.
The total number of people treated and recovered in hospitals amounted to 1,577,435, of which 26,021 were discharged on the last day, at most one day after the onset of the pandemic.
The total number of active COVID-19 cases in Russia on Saturday morning was 45,535.
“Many calls”
Although figures published in Russia show lower death rates than in other countries, they should be treated with caution. In the country, official mortality statistics only cover cases in which the coronavirus is identified as the main cause of death after necropsy.
Data released earlier this month by Russia’s Federal Statistical Office shows that the total number of deaths 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.
Most of the cases reported on Saturday were in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the country’s second-largest city (2,476); Tens of thousands of new cases have been reported in other regions.
“We are currently receiving a lot of calls,” ambulance driver Dmitry told AFP in St. Petersburg. “The number of patients is growing.”
According to the man, the medical brigade that works with him, which is in charge of collecting samples from the potentially infected, visits about 20 addresses every day.
“People are scared, they call the doctor as soon as they start coughing a little,” said Lyudmila, one of the two nurses on the team.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the growing increase in COVID-19 cases was “concerning.”
The head of state acknowledged that there is a shortage of medicines and long waits to receive emergency care in some regions, but assured that the government is in control of the situation.
Last month, Putin called for “specific and reasonable” measures to combat the spread of the virus, which regions can take on their own initiative.
Russia registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V, in August in honor of the first Soviet satellite, but has taken that step before launching large-scale clinical trials.
Since then, developers have reported, based on intermediate test results, that the vaccine is 92 percent effective. – slightly lower than the preparations offered by foreign competitors.
Last month, Putin announced that Russia had registered a second COVID-19 vaccine, EpiVacCorona.
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