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Russia’s daily COVID-19 cases surge by 135,172 — crisis center

22 February 2022 12:36 (UTC +04:00)

Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 135,172, over the past day to 15,657,928, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Tuesday, APA reports citing TASS.

In absolute terms, the growth rate was the lowest since February 1. In relative terms, it reached 0.87%.

As many as 17,294 patients with COVID-19 were hospitalized in Russia in the past day, up 95.7% from a day earlier. Meanwhile, in 76 regions the number of those hospitalized has increased, while in 9 regions the number has decreased, according to the crisis center.

Russia’s COVID-19 death toll surged by 796 over the past day to 347,031.

A day earlier 735 COVID-19 deaths were registered.

The average mortality rate went down to 2.22%, according to the crisis center.

Russia’s COVID-19 recoveries rose by 164,293 over the past day, reaching 12,657,025.

A day earlier some 127,494 patients recovered.

The share of patients discharged from hospitals has risen to 80.8% of the total number of those infected.