Coronavirus spread rate in Russia reaches February values

“The indicator turned out to be below one in two of the 10 regions with the largest number of infected people: in the Krasnoyarsk Territory it was 0.81, in the Sverdlovsk Region - 0.99”, - the operational headquarters reported ( TASS quote ).

It is noted that in St. Petersburg the indicators correspond to 1.06, in the Perm Territory - 1.09, in the Moscow Region - 1.14, in Samara - 1.15, in Voronezh - 1.16, in Rostov - 1.28 . In Moscow, the ratio rose to 1.62. At the same time, a record level has been recorded in the Nizhny Novgorod region since February 7 - 1.69.

The spread rate of the coronavirus shows the number of infected per infected before its isolation. This is one of the main parameters in making decisions regarding the introduction and lifting of coronavirus restrictions.

According to the latest report of the operational headquarters, 3398 new cases of infection were detected in Russia per day, 748 Russians were hospitalized, 2496 citizens recovered. During the day, 39 people died from coronavirus.