The head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova announced a possible increase in the number of cases of coronavirus in Russia per day to six-digit numbers. She said this at a meeting of the Presidium of the Coordination Council under the Government of the Russian Federation to combat COVID-19.
“What we see today, unfortunately, creates a pessimistic forecast for the possible detection and growing detection of the number of cases associated with covid infection, up to six-digit numbers in the Russian Federation with unfavorable development,” she said on the air of the Russia 24 “.
According to the operational headquarters on January 11, 17,525 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Russia over the past day. The indicator became the highest since January 2. Also, 783 people died from COVID-19 per day. Over the entire period, 10 684 204 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia. 9,732,018 patients recovered from COVID-19, 317,687 died.
Earlier, the deputy head of the Gamaleya Scientific Center, Denis Logunov, said that the incidence of coronavirus in Russia will increase significantly in late January – early February due to the spread of the omicron strain.
This variant of the coronavirus was detected in southern Africa in early November. According to the WHO, the new virus strain has 32 mutations – more than all previously known ones. These changes increase its infectivity, potentially increase the level of penetration into human cells and affect the increase in infectivity, Anna Popova said earlier.
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