The Prime Minister of Karelia Alexander Chepik discovered coronavirus

The head of the Government of Karelia, Alexander Chepik, was infected with a coronavirus infection, the head of the region Arthur Parfenchikov said on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports.

The virus was also detected by Deputy Chepik on Health and Social Protection Igor Korsakov, as well as the deputy head of the republic for interaction with law enforcement agencies Alexander Pshenitsyn.

According to the regional opera station, over the past day in Karelia, an anti-record for the incidence of Covid-19 is broken in Karelia. Coronavirus in the republic found 312 people.

According to the opera station, over the past weeks in Karelia, 80-100 cases of coronavirus have been identified daily, while about 30 cases were recorded at the beginning of autumn. In total, 7.9 thousand people have been infected with the pandemic, 61 deaths have been recorded.