In Moscow, the number of detected cases of covid infection decreased by a third over the week, and the number of hospitalizations among those infected also decreased by 15%. In the country as a whole, the rate of spread of coronavirus infection continues to slow down: a decrease in the incidence was recorded in 10 regions. However, the situation remains quite tense, and most of the diseases occur in older people over 65 years of age. The number of COVID-19 cases in Moscow decreased by a third over the week, and hospitalizations by 15%. This was announced by the mayor of the city Sergei Sobyanin at a meeting of the presidium of the coordinating council under the government to combat coronavirus.

“The absolute parameters in Moscow are still quite high, but, nevertheless, the dynamics are positive - over the number of cases has decreased by a third, and the number of hospitalizations by 15%. In the last three days alone, about a thousand beds have been vacated,” Sobyanin said.

He noted that the city began to transfer large clinics to planned work. The authorities began to increase the volume of planned assistance, paying attention to citizens over 65 and people with chronic diseases, Sobyanin said. The mayor also said that some CT centers that worked exclusively to receive patients with covid are being transferred to planned care.

At the same time, Sobyanin warned that the situation in clinics remains quite tense. So, over the past week, 655 thousand medical contacts with patients with SARS and covid have been recorded.

“We will see how the situation develops. But we hope that next week the situation will generally be within acceptable limits,” the mayor said.

Earlier, the chief physician of the Filatov Hospital, Valery Vechorko, said that Moscow was able to overcome the peak of the incidence of covid, but urged not to relax with such high absolute values ​​of the incidence.

Moscow ranks first in Russia in terms of the number of people infected with coronavirus. In total, 2,632,914 cases of infection were detected in the city, 11,262 of them in the last day. 2,281,792 people recovered, 40,273 died from the consequences of covid.

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The situation in Russia

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, reported that the rate of spread of coronavirus infection has been declining in Russia for the second week.

“In the Russian Federation, the rise in the incidence continues for the fifth week, the epidemiological situation remains quite tense, but it should be noted that if in the third or fourth week of this year the weekly increase was 100%, then for the second week [in a row] we see a slowdown in growth,” Popova said. TASS.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor said that the increase in the incidence in the country is 18.5%, while the incidence is already decreasing in 10 regions. However, the numbers of daily registered cases of infection are high, which creates stress and strain on the healthcare system .

The maximum increase in the incidence in Russia occurs in the elderly over 65 years of age.

According to Popova, 72.5% of cases are due to the omicron strain, which has already been identified throughout the country.

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“Severe” patients

Head of the Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko spoke about the increase in the number of patients hospitalized with coronavirus in serious condition. According to him, about 194 thousand patients with COVID-19 in Russia are being treated in hospitals.

“We see that today the number of people hospitalized in serious condition has increased. An additional 10% today need intensive care, 2.5% of the total number of hospitalized patients are on artificial lung ventilation,” he said.

According to the minister, a severe course of coronavirus is possible both in patients infected with the Delta strain and in those who have encountered the Omicron strain. At the same time, in patients with "delta" the disease is more severe than in those infected with "omicron".

According to Murashko, about 17% of the total number of cases are children. Of these, 98% are treated on an outpatient basis. At the same time, about 2.3% of children who were hospitalized with coronavirussia are in serious condition, TASS reports.

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Testing for COVID-19

The head of Rospotrebnadzor reported that testing last week amounted to 705 per 100,000 people. This is double the target.

According to Popova, this level “ensures timely diagnosis” of the coronavirus, which makes it possible to identify the disease at an early stage and provide assistance before severe forms of the disease can develop.

Popova pointed out that the percentage of patients with pneumonia remains very low. “The structure of clinical forms has changed somewhat, and community-acquired pneumonia of covid etiology accounts for no more than 3%, which is also associated with high testing coverage,” she said.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor also announced the appearance in Russia of a new test system, which will be "more resistant to the emergence of new mutations and will also be more sensitive."

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