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In Russia, the death rate from covid is decreasing, but the total number of deaths is growing. The results of studies of the Russian vaccine were published in a scientific journal. India is the second most affected in the world

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During the day, 51 patients with COVID-19 died in Russia (a total of 17,871 people have died since the beginning of the pandemic). During the day, 5185 new cases of covid were detected. In total, 1,030,690 people fell ill. During the day, 2328 people were discharged from hospitals. For all the time, 843,277 people have recovered.

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, the work of reading rooms of libraries was allowed . in Kamchatka Cultural institutions have started operating : a drama and comedy theater and a philharmonic society. You can also visit the zoo again. In the Tyumen region allowed the work of museums and tours . in the Tula region . will open Night clubs, karaoke and children's playrooms

Data on Russia in the form of a map and a table . We update them every day.

have fallen ill in the world More than 27 million people . On September 3rd it was 26 million. India (4,204,613) overtook Brazil (4,137,521) to become the world's second most affected country after the US (6,276,365). have fallen ill in India over the past 24 hours More than 90,000 people . This is an absolute record for the entire time of the pandemic.

France's leading epidemiologist Antoine Fontane fears that the situation in the country will become "critical" by December . 28 out of 101 French departments have been declared "red zones" . were detected per day In South Korea , 119 cases of covid . This is the lowest value in three weeks. In China, 12 people fell ill (all of them came from abroad).

World Data: Map and Table .

News that may affect you directly

In Russia, the number of deaths from covid is decreasing, but the total number of deaths is growing . In July, according to Rosstat, 181.5 thousand people died. This is 19.6% (or 29.9 thousand) more than in July last year . At the same time, only a little more than seven thousand deaths are due to coronavirus infection. Why this is happening is not yet clear: Rosstat has stopped publishing data on the causes of death (in addition to the coronavirus). They may not be until the first quarter of 2021.

Another problem with Russian covid statistics is how hospitals indicate the cause of death . According to the head of Roszdravnadzor Alla Samoilova, “there were hospitals where almost 100% of deaths were encrypted as deaths from COVID-19, and there were those in which almost zero was presented as mortality from COVID-19, and mortality was transferred to other diseases”

The results of the initial trials of the Russian vaccine have been published in the prestigious medical journal Lancet . Unfortunately, there is not much new information there . For example, it became known that the average age of volunteers was only about 25 years old - although the vaccine is primarily needed for older people. The article also states that the immune response appeared in all volunteers at least 28 days after the vaccine was administered. In those who received two components of the vaccine, and not one, the brightness of the immune response is higher.

Teachers will not be forced to vaccinate against the coronavirus . According to First Deputy Minister of Education Dmitry Glushko, vaccination will be voluntary . Glushko also said that schoolchildren would not be required to take a covid test.

Several Russian schools switched to remote work after the start of the school year . Two schools were closed in Transbaikalia , where the coronavirus was found in seven teachers. Also, two schools and four classes in four schools in Yekaterinburg were transferred to a remote location . One class each was quarantined at Krasnoyarsk school No. 34 and at the Tyumen State University gymnasium in Tyumen .

What else

The pandemic could cost the global economy about $35 trillion . This assessment is given by the professor of the Australian National University Warrick McKibbin. He believes that economic losses will not begin to decrease until a "fairly large" part of the population is vaccinated.

The doctor who gave an interview to Meduza about the coronavirus was not prosecuted for spreading a fake . On March 20, Meduza published a text about Russia’s readiness for a pandemic and about the availability of ventilators in the country. The material contains an expert commentary by the doctor Vladimir Budyansky, who asked State Duma deputy Vasily Piskarev to check. The Investigative Committee conducted a pre-investigation check and interviewed Budyansky - and as a result refused to initiate a case . At the same time, an article on the spread of fakes appeared in the Criminal Code after the release of the text, on April 1, 2020

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