Russia Records Over 40,700 Daily COVID-19 Cases

For the third day in a row, the daily COVID-19 incidence surpassed 40,000 cases. In relative terms, this figure increased by 0,47% in the past 24 hours.

In particular, over the past day, some 3,363 cases of infection were detected in St. Petersburg, 2,835 COVID-19 cases were registered in the Moscow Region, 1,610 - in the Samara Region, 798 - in the Voronezh Region and 792 - in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, the Tass news agency reported.

Currently, as many as 964,177 patients are receiving treatment in Russian hospitals.

Recoveries and fatalities

The number of those recovered from COVID-19 in Russia climbed by 28,605 to 7,505,971. The share of the COVID-19 recoveries decreased to 86,1% of those infected, the crisis center noted.

In particular, in the past 24 hours, some 3,107 people were discharged from hospitals in the Moscow Region, 1,640 COVID-19 recoveries were disclosed in St. Petersburg, 968 - in the Samara Region, 862 - in the Sakha Republic, 782 - in Crimea.

The number of the COVID-19 fatalities in Russia rose by 1,192 versus 1,195 a day earlier, bringing the total death toll to 244,447.

The conditional mortality (the final one can be determined only after the end of the pandemic) surged to 2,81%, the crisis center noted.

In particular, over the past 24 hours, some 89 deaths due to COVID-19 were recorded in St. Petersburg, 55 fatalities were registered in the Moscow Region, 45 mortalities were confirmed in the Krasnodar Region and 41 deaths - in the Perm Region.