Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that the number of patients with coronavirus infection has doubled in a week.

“Over the past week alone, the total number of patients with COVID-19 under medical supervision has doubled,” he said at the coordinating council under the Russian government to combat COVID-19, which is broadcast by the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

According to the head of the ministry, many patients suffer from the disease in a mild or asymptomatic form.

“The share of outpatients has mainly increased, today they are 92%,” Murashko added.

Earlier, the WHO representative in Russia, Melita Vujnovic, urged Russians not to relax amid a decrease in the number of hospitalized with coronavirus infection.

According to the latest data, 17,201 people with coronavirus were hospitalized in Russia per day, the previous day there were 17,487 hospitalized. Over the past 24 hours, 141,883 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in the country, since the beginning of the pandemic - 12,128,796.

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