In Russia, for the first time since the beginning of April, more than 18.5 thousand cases of COVID were detected

The country continues to grow in the incidence of covid-19. Over the past day, 18.5 thousand cases have been identified.

Over the past day, 18,555 new cases of CORONAVIRUS have been detected in RUSSIA. This is reported by the operational headquarters.

In addition, 1,906 hospitalizations are reported, down 0.5% since August 4. Over the past 24 hours, 47 people who have been diagnosed with coronavirus have died.

In addition, the operational headquarters reported the recovery of 9817 patients.

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This is the largest number of new cases since April 1, when 19,164 were detected in the country. The day before, on August 4, 17,126 new cases were detected.

In total, during the pandemic, coronavirus was detected in 18 million 672 thousand 422 Russians. Of these, 382,651 people died.

Rospotrebnadzor removed all anti-COVID restrictions from July 1, explaining this by a stable decrease in the incidence over several months.

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However, two weeks after the lifting of all restrictions, a new surge in incidence began: if at the beginning of the month about 3 thousand cases of COVID-19 were detected per day, then by the end the incidence increased fourfold, reaching more than 12 thousand new cases per day.

Due to the increase in the incidence, on August 2, Roskomnadzor again recommended that the most vulnerable groups of citizens wear masks and personal protective equipment.

How the number of hospitalizations with coronavirus in Russia changes August 5 The number of hospitalized and diagnosed cases per day. The operational headquarters began to provide open regular statistics on hospitalizations from January 20, 2022 Created with Highcharts 8.2.2