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Russia exceeds 200,000 cases of COVID-19 daily

This Friday, Russia exceeded 200,000 cases of COVID-19 newspapers before the advance of the omicron variant in the country, according to data from the operational center for the fight against the pandemic of the coronavirus.

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In total, between yesterday and today, 203,949 new infections were reported in Russia, where there were 19,281 hospitalizations in the last day due to the contagious disease, 0.85% less than a day before.

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A decrease in the number of hospitalizations is observed in 38 Russian regions, in one the situation remains the same and in another 46 there has been an increase in admissions, according to official data.

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In Moscow, the epicenter of the pandemic in Russia, 18,541 new cases were reported on the last day and in Saint Petersburg 22,070.

According to the mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobianin, the worst of the new wave of coronavirus in the capital is over, as the number of new infections has fallen by 6% in the last week and this week the drop will be even greater.

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For its part, 722 people died in the country in the last 24 hours, 21 more than on Thursday.

So far in the pandemic, 13,731,794 cases of coronavirus and 338,813 deaths from the infectious disease have been registered throughout the country, although official data on excess deaths doubles the death count of the center for the fight against covid-19 .

The omicron variant of the coronavirus is already present in 84 of the 85 regions of the country.

In this way, the new strain represents 70% of the new cases and is already the dominant variant.

The Kremlin has ruled out drastic measures such as confinements or the paralysis of economic sectors for the time being to deal with the new wave of infections.

According to health authorities, so far 80,446,704 million Russians have received the complete vaccination schedule, which represents 64.1% of herd immunity, still far from the 80% target set by the authorities.

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Source: Elcomercio

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