Russia reels from new Covid surge, hospitals full

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 12, 2021 12:07 am

MOSCOW: Nearly 83 percent of hospital beds designated for Covid-19 patients are filled, Russian authorities said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), as daily tallies of new infections and deaths remain at all-time highs.

Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova told a government meeting on Wednesday that 82.8 percent of 301,500 hospital beds reserved for coronavirus patients were filled as of Tuesday morning.

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