According to Kommersant, the number of children hospitalized with influenza and acute respiratory viral infections in Moscow is now 2.5 times the average of the 2016-2019 epizootic seasons. Since November 14, the number of hospitalizations has reached 400 patients per day, according to the Moscow Health Department.
Other regions of the Russian Federation have seen a similar increase in the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections. This year the rate has almost doubled: more than 3.1 thousand people, 41.2% of whom are children under 14.
In Ekaterinburg, 15.8 thousand cases of acute respiratory viral infections have been discovered in the last two weeks, which is 12.9% more than the long-term average.
In St. Petersburg, an increase in the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections compared with seven days earlier has been noted in children aged 7-14 by 32.4%, which is more than nine thousand cases.