MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/: The number of coronavirus hospitalizations in Russia dropped by 16% in the first ten days of the year, Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing Anna Popova said at a meeting of the presidium of the government’s Anti-Coronavirus Coordination Council on Tuesday.
"We recorded a 16% decline in the number of hospitalized patients in the reporting period. The coronavirus growth rate has dropped to 0.7% in January, while in December, the rate ranged between 0.9% and 1.2%," she pointed out.
Coronavirus pandemic
In late December 2019, Chinese officials informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus - named COVID-19 by the WHO - have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia. On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.
According to the latest statistics, over 90.0 mln people have been infected worldwide and more than 1.9 mln deaths have been reported.
According to the national anti-coronavirus crisis center, 3,448,203 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 2,825,430 patients having recovered from the disease. Russia’s latest data indicates 62,804 fatalities nationwide. The Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation.
