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Sobyanin warned that places in Russian hospitals for people with coronavirus will run out in 3-4 weeks
If the rate of spread of coronavirus infection in Russia continues, hospital beds will run out in three to four weeks, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said at a meeting of the Coordination Council under the Russian government . His words are quoted on the website of the Moscow mayor's office.
According to Sobyanin, the total number of beds in Russian hospitals is 80 thousand. Not counting Moscow, 24.8 thousand beds are occupied.
In Moscow, 16 thousand hospital beds are available for coronavirus patients; by April 27, there will be 27 thousand beds.
But if the current rate of spread of the virus continues, 30 thousand beds may be needed in the near future. "In one day, today, we filled an additional 600 beds. 600 beds is the hospital in Kommunarka, figuratively speaking. And this rate is maintained," explained Sergei Sobyanin.
- On April 20, Sobyanin said that Moscow authorities had reduced plans to introduce new hospital beds for people diagnosed with COVID-19 from nine to four thousand.
- In addition, the Moscow mayor said on April 17 that the Moscow healthcare system has a safety margin. A week before, his deputy Anastasia Rakova claimed that Moscow hospitals were "working at the limit."
- By April 22, 57.9 thousand cases of COVID-19 were registered in Russia, with 5,236 new cases registered in the last 24 hours, 2,548 of which were in Moscow.
- Since the beginning of the epidemic in Russia, 513 people have died from coronavirus infection, 4,420 people have recovered. 109 thousand tests for coronavirus have been conducted in 24 hours.