The number of COVID infections in Moscow increased by a third

The epidemiological situation in Moscow has deteriorated again, despite the actively continuing vaccination campaign.

According to the headquarters, to date, the total number of covid infections in the country has reached 4,675,153 cases, of which 8944 in the last day.

“This is 7.42% more than was revealed the day before (8326). The number of cases for the sixth day in a row does not exceed 9 thousand. At the same time, 2455 cases were detected in Moscow, which is 33.64% more than the day before (1837)", - Kommersant reports.

Earlier, the city authorities announced that to date, more than a million citizens have been vaccinated in Moscow, of which 45% are residents over 60 years old. More than 820 thousand residents of the city have fully completed vaccination. According to the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, among the million Muscovites who were vaccinated, there are only a few sick people. He noted that if “we want to live a normal life during these months - to travel, go to theaters and cinema”, - then vaccination should not be postponed, especially since the capital is fully provided with vaccine supplies.

On April 13, vaccination at home began in Moscow. In total, about 120 thousand people live in the capital, who receive social services at home and experience difficulties in independent movement. For vaccination at home, 66 teams have already been formed in all administrative districts of the city.

According to the Stopkoronavirus portal, 398 cases have died from covid over the past day, one person less than the day before. In total, 104 398 people have died from the infection since the beginning of the pandemic.

In world statistics, Russia ranks fifth in the number of cases after the United States, India, Brazil and France. In total, the virus was detected in more than 138.2 million people in the world, of which almost 3 million died.