The number of coronavirus in Russia for the first time since July exceeded 6 thousand people since July

In Russia per day, coronavirus found 6095 people, 825 of them in Moscow. The last time the figure of the sick exceeded 6 thousand on July 19. The number of cases in Russia is growing the last week.

In total, in Russia, coronavirus was discovered in 1,097,251 people, reports the opera to combat the virus. Recovered - 906,462 people, died - 19,339. Over the past day, 144 people died from coronavirus.

The record holder for the number of sick still Moscow: 825 cases of disease were revealed here. In second place-St. Petersburg with 212 cases, in the third-the Rostov region, where 180 people fell ill in a day.

True, the statistics of the deadline for mortality from coronavirus are much lower than that which is published by Rosstat. There are no latest data yet, but in May Rosstat reported 12,452 dead patients with a diagnosis of coronavirus infection, of which 7444 Covid-19 people were called the main cause of death. The opera station spoke about 3686 deaths in Russia. In June, Rosstat registered 11,917 deaths with coronavirus, in 5488 people the virus caused death. The opera station reported 4681 deaths.

Today, the Ministry of Health approved two drugs for the treatment of coronavirus at home, they will be available in pharmacies in the coming days. This is the “Apolivir” production of the Promed group (plant “Biochemist”) and “Koronavir” from the company “R-Farm” by Alexei Repik. Both are made on the basis of Favipiravir, which was developed in Japan for the treatment of influenza.

However, in Japan this spring, Favipiravir was tested as a covid-19 cure for a cure, but according to the results of several months, tests were recognized that treatment does not give statistically significant results. Nevertheless, in Russia and India, the drug was certified precisely as a covid-19 cure.

Yesterday it became known that the Ministry of Health will include the drug Favipiravir in the list of vital drugs, RBC wrote . After that, marginal prices will be set on it. Now one of the Russian counterparts - the drug "Apolivir" - costs more than 12 thousand rubles.