In Russia, over the past day, 32,196 new cases of coronavirus infection have been identified – this is the maximum since the beginning of the pandemic. The total number of infections was 7,925,176. This is reported on website headquarters for infection control on Friday, 15 October.
32196
new cases of COVID-19
identified in Russia for the first time in the entire pandemic
A day earlier, 31,299 infections were recorded in the country – the anti-record for the number of cases was updated for the second day in a row.
Most cases of coronavirus were detected in Moscow (6631), St. Petersburg (2632) and in the Moscow region (2110). Least of all – in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (16), Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (17) and in the Magadan Region (21).
During the day, 999 patients with COVID-19 died, and a total of 221,313 people have died since the beginning of the pandemic. Most deaths were recorded in Moscow (70), St. Petersburg (62) and in the Krasnodar Territory (40).
The daily rate of recovery was 22,268, total – 6,960,024.