“28,982 new cases were detected, and 54 people died,” the health agency told the press.
Likewise, he specified that the indicators are increasing in relation to those infected, however, the number of deaths decreases, since the day before the country confirmed 28,694 infections and 60 deaths.
Nationwide, 1,790 patients with the SarS-COV-2 coronavirus were hospitalized this Saturday, 35.2 percent less than the previous day.
Likewise, the center detailed that a total of 14,942 people recovered from the infection, which represents a decrease of 11.4 percent.
Most of the new cases of infection were diagnosed in the capital, with 7,020, St. Petersburg with 3,761, and Moscow province with 2,399.
So far in the pandemic, Russia has accumulated 18 million 881 thousand 958 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including 18 million 136 thousand 77 recoveries and 383 thousand 125 deaths.
Amid the increase in active patients with the disease, the national consumer protection office, Rospotrebnadzor, has carried out more than 303.4 million coronavirus tests to date, including some 172,000 last day.
As of August 12, more than 89.4 million immunization cycles, including revaccinations, against the virus have been completed in the Eurasian nation. The level of herd immunity is estimated at around 7.4 percent, detailed Rospotrebnadzor.
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