Russia (bbabo.net), - The Ministry of Health records a significant increase in the number of children with coronavirus. This was announced by the head of department Mikhail Murashko at a meeting of the presidium of the coordinating council under the government of the Russian Federation to combat coronavirus.

He clarified that this trend is especially evident in the last week. Growth - more than 2.2 times. "Today, 21% of the total number of patients on treatment are children," Murashko said.

At the same time, 97% of children are treated on an outpatient basis.

As for inpatient care, almost 10,000 children have been hospitalized with coronavirus. "It is hospitalization that is such a marker of the spread and severity of the course of the disease," the minister added.

Due to the increase in the number of hospitalizations in the regions, the number of beds for the treatment of children with coronavirus has been increased by almost one and a half times - 11.4 thousand beds have been deployed.

An alarming trend - among the hospitalized increased the number of children with a severe course of the disease.

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