The Russian health authorities remain on alert after the record of a new record of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, in a fact that shows how the epidemic does not give truce in that country. Despite the non-working week decreed by President Vladimir Putin, cases of covid-19 continue to increase.
According to official figures, 41,335 new infections were registered in the last 24 hours, a record since the start of the pandemic.
The country also recorded 1,888 deaths during the same period, a slightly lower figure compared to Friday.
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Russia, the country most mourned by the coronavirus in Europe, registered more than 8.7 million cases since the start of the pandemic and 245,635 deaths, according to official figures.
But the statistical agency Rosstat, which expands its definition of deaths from coronavirus, puts the deaths at 450,000 at the end of September.
The record of infections this Saturday occurs in the middle of a non-working week in the country, decreed by President Vladimir Putin, since last October 30 and will end on November 7. This, in order to reduce the number of infections in the country.
Moscow is where the greatest infections are recorded and there sSchools, beauty shops, stores, gyms and other “non-essential” services are closed.
The rapid spread of covid-19 in Russia can be explained by the low vaccination rate of the population, to date only 33.8% of Russians are recorded as fully immunized. This occurs in a context of widespread mistrust of vaccines by a majority of the Russian population.
