In Russia the peak of infection with the coronavirus fell on 11 may, said Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. Thus, according to her, the rate of new cases COVID-19 remained “alarming”.
“Today we can say that, since March 17, when, in fact, the epidemic in Russia began to develop, test, or number PCR studies increased 139 times. The date, which is considered the peak, may 11, 2020 PCR test increased 5.6 times”, — Golikova said at a briefing of the Minister (quoted by TASS).
Now, according to her, the daily gain of infected is 1.7−1.8% in average in Russia.
may 11 in Russia was revealed more than 11,6 thousand new cases of infection. Then the country was overtaken by the total number of infected (221 thousand), the UK and Italy and reached the third place in the world. Now in Russia confirmed more than 520 thousand cases, the daily growth amounted to 8.7 million, the Country remains in third place for number of infected: overtook Brazil (828 thousand) and the USA (2 million).
