Sobyanin announced that Moscow has reached a plateau in the incidence of COVID-19

The number of hospitalizations, as well as the number of recorded cases of infection in Moscow, increased over the week, but the dynamics allows us to hope for a stabilization of the situation,considers the mayor

The dynamics of the incidence of covid-19 in Moscow is declining, which gives hope that the capital has reached a plateau, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said at a meeting of the presidium of the government's coordinating council to combat CORONAVIRUS.

What are we seeing this week? This week, the dynamics of the increase in the incidence [of covid] is declining. And I hope <...> we are reaching a plateau, ”said Sobyanin.

However, he acknowledged that "the past week was very difficult." “The number of cases [in a week] increased by almost 70%, and, most unpleasantly, hospitalizations increased by 40%,” he said.

On February 2, the operational headquarters reported that 23,784 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Moscow per day. The maximum in this wave so far was recorded on January 27, 26,586 cases of infection.

February 2, 11:40 Moscow time Coronavirus RUSSIA Moscow World +141883 (per day) 12.1 million Infected 0 +678 (per day) 332.7 thousand Died +23784 (per day) 2.4 million Infected 0 +78 ( per day) 39.1 thousand Died +3263309 (per day) 381.7 million Infected 0 +13516 (per day) 5.7 million Died Source: JHU, federal and regional headquarters for combating the virus Read more