Russia
A total of 1,399,334 cases of infection were recorded, of which 15,099 were new. 185 people died per day, over the entire period - 24,187. The number of infections detected in seven days turned out to be 20% more than last week, and for the first time since the beginning pandemic exceeded 100 thousand (100 616 people). In a week, 1,560 people died from coronavirus, and this is also a record high number. Director of the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Pasteur, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Areg Totolyan said that 15-20% of patients who have undergone coronavirus lose antibodies to it within a few months after recovery. However, a decrease in the level of antibodies does not mean the disappearance of immunity. The Ministry of Education said that it is not planned to postpone the deadlines for passing the OGE and the Unified State Exam. The main stage of the USE examination should take place from May 24 to July 1. The Crimean authorities said that the beach season passed without COVID-19 outbreaks in hotels and sanatoriums. The chief physician of the Leader of Medicine medical center, pediatrician, infectious disease specialist, vaccinologist Yevgeny Timakov believes that cold weather and low temperatures do not play a role in the spread of coronavirus infection, but reduce the overall resistance of the body to viruses.
Moscow
A total of 362,253 cases of infection were recorded, of which 4,610 were new (data from the Headquarters of Moscow).
Peace
In total, more than 39.7 cases of infection have been recorded (data from Johns Hopkins University). The Chinese authorities have reported the first case of detecting samples of live coronavirus on a package of frozen fish. This is the first time it has been confirmed outside the laboratory that the virus can persist on packaging for a long time, and the UK expects widespread use of the coronavirus vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford and the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, will begin in late December. US President Donald Trump has accused his Democratic rival Joseph Biden in the upcoming presidential election that if he wins, the creation of a vaccine in the US will slow down and the pandemic as a result will last longer. The Swiss government has obliged citizens to wear masks in public places. It is also forbidden to gather in groups of more than 15 people. Prayers have resumed inside the main Muslim shrine in Mecca. Access to the Great (Protected) Mosque al-Haram is open to citizens of Saudi Arabia and living in the kingdom.