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The press service of the St. Petersburg Health Committee reported that on Saturday the city set a daily record for the number of coronavirus vaccinations, RT reports.
12,208 residents of St. Petersburg received the vaccine. The first & mdash; 20,107 people. Thus, the city has a record for the total number of injections & mdash; 32,360 injections performed & # 39; & # 39 ;, & mdash; the committee said.
It should be noted that to date, 1,172,283 people have been vaccinated for the first time in St. Petersburg, of which more than 811,000 have completed the cycle of vaccination. In addition, 404 people were revaccinated.
Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Murashko, said that the vaccination rate against the coronavirus in Russia was increasing, reaching 1 million people are vaccinated on the days of point.
On average, around 500,000 people are vaccinated across the country every day.
He stressed that the epidemic situation in the Russian Federation is tense. The rate of spread has slowed down somewhat, but the increase in cases remains high. 18% of the country's hospital beds are reserved for coronavirus patients.