Russia has reported that new coronavirus cases in the country surpassed 12,000 a day for the first time since April 10, with St. Petersburg rising above 1,500 for the first time since March 17.
Russia’s anti-coronavirus task force said on July 31 that the number of confirmed cases throughout the country had risen by 12,248 over the previous day, up from 11,422 new cases the day before.
St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, reported that new coronavirus infections rose by 1,596 over the past 24 hours, up from 1,457 and 1,272 the previous two days.
Since the start of the pandemic, 1,553,762 cases have been registered in St. Petersburg, while 34,334 deaths have been recorded.
The number of new confirmed cases in Moscow rose by 3,888 over the past 24 hours from 3,682 the day before. The capital has recorded 2,815,256 confirmed cases since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
Since the start of the pandemic, 18,589,221 cases have been detected in Russia, while the number of deaths was listed at 382,395.
According to official Russian statistics, 89.1 million people have been fully vaccinated in Russia.