Over the past day, 27,022 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Russia, which became the minimum figure since October 6. This was announced on Monday, December 20, by the infection control operational headquarters.
Most of the new cases were registered in Moscow (2630), St. Petersburg (1958) and the Moscow region (1935). 1019 people died per day, 30 059 were discharged from hospitals.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 10,241,812 cases of coronavirus have been detected in the Russian Federation. Died: 298,222 patients, 9,014,980 patients recovered.
On the eve of the Russian Federation, experts identified 27,967 new cases of coronavirus.
On December 19, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that if new restrictive measures to combat COVID-19 are introduced before the New Year, the authorities will announce them in advance.
On December 17, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova pointed out that the authorities of the Russian regions should increase the rate of vaccination against coronavirus infection before the New Year holidays. Holidays should not lead to a new round of morbidity in Russia, she said.
On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the Russian Sputnik V vaccine is more effective than other drugs in the fight against the new Omicron coronavirus strain.
A large-scale vaccination campaign is underway in the Russian Federation. Citizens are vaccinated for free. Five vaccines against coronavirus have been registered in the country: Sputnik V, which became the first vaccine against COVID-19 in the Russian Federation and the world, as well as Sputnik Light, EpiVacCorona, EpiVacCorona-N and KoviVak.
All relevant information on the situation with the coronavirus is available on the websites stopcoronavirus.rf and access to all.rf, as well as by the hashtag #WeVeTogether. Coronavirus hotline: 8 (800) 2000-112.
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