Russia’s COVID infections jumped by more than 10% over past week — calculations by TASS
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December 05, 2022, 6:45
Coronavirus deaths rise for the first time since early October
MOSCOW, December 5. /TASS/. The pace of COVID infections in Russia has risen for a third straight week, data compiled by TASS show.
The number of cases increased by 11.2% over the past week from a week before, according to data from the government’s anti-coronavirus crisis center.
The center registered 42,837 new cases from November 28 to December 4, while the number was 38,535 from November 20-27.
The number of hospitalizations has also climbed last week, by 1.5% to 7,826.
COVID deaths have also increased, for the first time since early October, to 391 from 386.