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In Russia , 5475 COVID-19 cases were identified per day. In total, 828,990 people fell ill in the country from the beginning of the pandemic. 169 patients with Covid died per day. For all the time, 12,673 people died. 8116 people were discharged from hospitals, 620 333 people were recovered in total.
Data on Russia in the form ofa card and tables . We update them every day.
In the USA , 1244 people died per day. This is a record indicator since May. Over the past 11 days, 10 thousand people have died in the country, almost 150 thousand for all the time. Due to the outbreak of coronavirus in Hong Kong , restrictions were tightened : they closed restaurants and forbidden to gather more than two. The elections scheduled for September 6, the Legislative Assembly may be transferred to the next year . Quarantine in Kazakhstan was extended until mid -August .
In Saudi Arabia, Hajj began - the pilgrimage of Muslims in Mecca. Due to the pandemic, the country's authorities banned the entrance to foreigners. As a result, no more than 10 thousand people participate in Haja - instead of two million. The pilgrims were obliged to constantly wear masks, they measure the temperature, they are tested for coronavirus. This is what Hajj looks like today and a year ago:


Data on the world: map and table .
In Moscow, they intensified control over passengers without masks in the subway and on trains of the MCC. The controllers, accompanied by police officers, do not let passengers without masks and gloves and write out fines to them . According to Open Media, the city hall instructed to strengthen control, because "people relaxed," and the epidemic "although she went on decline, but did not end."
Bill Gates believes that mortality from coronavirus can decrease significantly by the end of the year . According to the billionaire, this will not happen thanks to vaccines, but thanks to the antiviral drugs that are used in the treatment of patients, for example, Remesivir .
Rostec earned the most of all - 21 billion rubles in the fight against coronavirus . This is every 10th “coronavirus ruble”. Journalists of the Project publication analyzed 90 thousand state contracts concluded for procurement to combat pandemia in March - June 2020. Among the departments, the Ministry of Industry and Trade received the most money. He got 18.7 billion. The regions got 65.5 billion. More than 20% of the purchases were classified.
Russia probably spread fakes about coronavirus. Former GRU employees are involved in this . According to the sources of the Associated Press and The New York Times, a misinformation aimed at “Russian support and US denigrating” was distributed by the Inforos agency . Previously, the leading posts in it were held by former scouts Denis Tyurin and Alexander Starunsky.
PS In this mailing list there are not many good news, so tell me that you have good things while quarantine is around. And we will tell your stories so that we all become easier.
This is what the reader Anna wrote to us:
And we have a joy - one of the two plum villages, tremblingly raised from the bone state, was seized. And there were already seven ... apricots (delicious)! Now we are waiting for the next year and guess what will grow on the second tree.
We are now also interested in what will grow there!
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