The head of the Irkutsk region was hospitalized with covid

- We confirm hospitalization. The condition is stable. But you need round-the-clock supervision of doctors, the press service of the regional government told TASS.

Telegram channels indicate that the reason for the governor's hospitalization was a sharp deterioration in health.

The day before, it became known that Igor Kobzev had a positive coronavirus test. Earlier in his Instagram, Kobzev wrote that the region is preparing additional beds for those infected with covid, and in the square next to the Irkutsk Regional Diagnostic Center, where long queues are formed from those wishing to be tested for coronavirus, the regional head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations set up four tents.

Note that the head of the region was hospitalized in the same department of the Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital as the Senator from the Irkutsk Region Sergei Brilk.

As of October 27, 23,621 cases of covid infection were confirmed in the Irkutsk region. The increase in the last day was 223 people. For the entire time of the pandemic in the region, 18,964 people recovered and were discharged from medical institutions, 388 died. The region has seen an increase in the daily increase in those infected.