16 521 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Russia over the past day. This was announced on Saturday, October 24, at the operational headquarters to combat the spread of infection.
“Over the past 24 hours, 16,521 new cases of coronavirus have been detected in Russia in 85 regions. Of these, 25.8% had no clinical manifestations of the disease. There were 296 deaths recorded. During the day, 11,567 people have fully recovered in Russia, ”the message says.
Most of all new patients were registered in Moscow (4453), St. Petersburg (713) and Moscow region (480).
In total, 1,497,167 cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia in 85 regions. Over the entire period, 25,821 deaths were recorded, 1,130,818 people recovered.
Earlier on the same day, Alexander Gorelov, deputy director for scientific work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, said that the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia could enter a recession phase at the end of winter – in early spring of next year. According to him, usually from the beginning of the rise in the incidence rate, the maximum growth is expected for 28 days – that is, two incubation periods, “therefore, the first decade of November should put everything in its place.”
The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 disease, began at the end of December last year. The Chinese city of Wuhan became the hotbed of infection. For several months, the disease has spread to more than 210 countries of the world. On March 11, WHO declared a coronavirus pandemic.
All relevant information on the situation with the coronavirus is available on the websites of stopcoronavirus.rf and accessvsem.rf, as well as by the hashtag #WeVotte. Coronavirus hotline: 8 (800) 2000-112.