Russia has recorded, during the past 24 hours, a significant increase and an unprecedented jump in the number of new cases of the new Coronavirus, for the first time, with more than 12,000 cases, the highest number since the start of the pandemic.
The Russian Operations Center for fighting the virus announced – in its daily report – that 12,846 new infections were recorded compared to yesterday (12126), bringing the total number of cases of / Covid-19 / one million 285 thousand and 84 infections since the beginning of the pandemic, with 246,428 cases remaining active.
The Operations Center indicated a slight decrease in the number of deaths after recording 197 deaths compared to yesterday (201), bringing the total death toll from the virus to 22,454, with 6,781 patients recovering during the past day, so that the number of people recovered exceeded the one million mark and reached one million 16 thousand and 202 people. .
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for Health Protection Nikolai Govurin described the situation of Corona in the country in general as worrying, expecting that cases of infection with the Coronavirus will witness upward jumps, then reach a peak in November and then begin to decline.