MOSCOW, Jan 16 More than 29 thousand new patients with COVID-19 were registered in the country in a day 19 follows from the data of the operational headquarters. The day before, there were 27,179, the growth rate increased from 0.25 to 0.27 percent. «Over the past day in Russia, confirmed cases <…>) — 29,230 in 85 regions, including 4,162 actively detected (14 2%) without clinical manifestations,» the report says. 686 people died (the previous day there were 723), 22,731 were discharged (yesterday — 26,584). The most infected in Moscow — 6480 (the day before — 6555), St. Petersburg — 3958, Moscow region — 3147; least in Kalmykia (18), Nenets Autonomous Okrug (six) and Chukotka (three). Since March 2020, 10,803,534 infected people have been detected in Russia, 321,320 people have died, 9,858,615 people have recovered. Worldwide, according to the latest WHO data, there are already more than 318 million cases, and in recent days the figures are breaking records again. Over five and a half million patients could not be saved. The most difficult situation is in the USA, India, Brazil, Great Britain and France. Russia ranks sixth in this list. On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin said that due to the spread of the Omicron strain and the recent holidays, a new surge in the incidence is inevitable, and instructed to increase the rate of vaccination, as well as to mobilize medical institutions. Immunization remains the most reliable way of protection. To date, 51 percent of Russians have been fully vaccinated with two doses, the number of cases among them does not exceed four percent. from other strains of coronavirus
