MOSCOW, January 22. /TASS/: Russia has registered 57,212 new confirmed COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, compared to 49,513 the day before, with the total number of infections reaching 11,044,986 cases, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Saturday.
According to the crisis center, the relative increase of new infections is at the level of 0.52%. The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations over 24 hours amounted to 9,902 which is 8.4% higher than the day before. The increase occurred in 46 regions.
The number of COVID-19 fatalities in Russia over the past 24 hours has increased by 681, compared to 692 the day before. In all, 325,433 patients died of the infection. Thus, the country has been registering fewer than 700 daily coronavirus fatalities for seven consecutive days.
According to the crisis center, the provisional lethality of the disease (the final one can be determined only after the end of the epidemic) is at the level of 2.95%.
The number of coronavirus patients discharged over the past 24 hours in Russia has increased by 25,525. In all, 10,000,577 patients have recovered. According to the crisis center, the total share of recoveries is at the level of 90.5% of the total COVID-19 case tally in Russia.
The number of the so-called active cases, that is, the patients who are currently undergoing treatment, has increased to 718,976.
Moscow's cases
The number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Moscow has increased by 16,094 over the past 24 hours compared to 15,987 the day before, bringing the total count to 2,157,008 infections.
The relative increase of the number of new infections is at the level of 0.75%.
Over the past 24 hours, the number of coronavirus fatalities in the capital has increased by 69 compared to 72 the day before, with the total of 38,295 (1.78% of all those infected). The number of recoveries in the city has increased by 3,025, bringing the total to 1,920,971.
Omicron gains
The share of the Delta coronavirus strain among new infections in Russia has decreased to 51.9% compared to 52.3% the day before, the share of Omicron and other strains has increased to 48.1%.
"Today, the spread of the Omicron strain is being registered in as many as 63 country’s regions. To date, in the structure of the detected new cases of COVID-19, the Delta variant amounts to 51.9%, the Omicron variant and other non-dominating strains - to 48.1%," the crisis center said.
On November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the B.1.1.529 variant identified in South Africa as a "Variant of Concern" and assigned it the Greek letter Omicron. Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova who is heading the federal crisis center said that the new variant would most likely displace the Delta strain currently dominating in Russia.
