In Russia, COVID-19 cases have increased by 31,6% in a week. But things aren't as bad as they seem.
Operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus infection сообщил, that for the week from August 28 to September 3 in of Russia The incidence of COVID-19 increased by 31,6%.
It sounds scary, but if look at the absolute numbers, it's clear there's no catastrophe. Over the past week, 5,217 cases have been identified—less than a thousand per day nationwide. The number of deaths over the same period is 16.
By comparison, at the peak of the pandemic, 200 cases of infection and more than 1200 deaths per day were officially reported.
It should be noted that following official coronavirus statistics in Russia is not very easy: for example, in the official Telegram channel of the operational headquarters STOPCORONAVIRUS.RF The number of hospitalizations, recoveries, and deaths per week is provided. The total number of cases is hidden in the "incidence rate of new coronavirus infection for the past week per 100 population." The full information, broken down by region, is available at the link, but it is missing.
The site stopcoronavirus.rf The total number of cases is indicated, but there is nothing to compare it with: there are no statistics for previous dates.
In general, the information is hidden, although not very carefully.
On the graph with worldometers world statistics website It is clear that a slight surge in cases (10,930 cases per day) was recorded in Russia in June 2023, after which the curve dropped again.
At the end of August, Rospotrebnadzor, commenting on the 16% increase in COVID-19 cases, said, that “COVID-19 is increasingly acquiring the characteristics of a seasonal infection, with incidence rates increasing in the autumn and winter and decreasing in the summer.”