The number of new infections is 7,587, thus increasing the number of identified infections to 593,710 since the beginning of the epidemic. Most of the 249 people who died were elderly and chronically ill, so the number of those who died rose to 18,952.
The number of recovered people is constantly increasing, currently 381,807 people, but the number of active infected people has also risen to 192,951 people. 11,805 coronavirus patients are being treated in hospitals, of which 1,423 are on ventilators.
Vaccination is ongoing, 1,696,110 people have already been vaccinated, of which 494,520 people have already received their second vaccination. We are in the rapidly rising branch of the third wave of the epidemic, the British virus mutant is spreading very quickly, the number of active infected people and hospitalized patients is increasing significantly, so the restrictions are still in place.
65% of the registered over 65s have already received the vaccine, and the others will soon be in line. The vaccines for the next week's vaccinations have already been delivered. Vaccination continues with Pfizer at hospital vaccination points, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca and Moderna at general practitioners. Another 180,000 doses of Szputnyik vaccine for the second vaccination arrived at night.
