Over the past day, 316 people with coronavirus infection have been admitted to hospitals in St. Petersburg, as reported in Smolny.
The updated report indicates that 5,435 patients are currently being treated for COVID-19 and pneumonia in St. Petersburg covidariums, 345 of whom are connected to a ventilator. Meanwhile, 142 patients with previously confirmed diagnosis recovered and were discharged.
Over the past 24 hours, 1286 new cases of the insidious virus were detected in the city. 1253 people have recovered and 58 have died.
Since the start of the pandemic 805,077 patients have been cured in St. Petersburg.
The virus transmission rate is now within the normal range of 0.86. There are eight thousand hospital beds in St. Petersburg hospitals with 53% of beds available. Patients with COVID-19 are treated in 17 hospitals: 14 municipal and three federal ones.