OREANDA-NEWS. There are still two cases of "omicron" in Russia, 28 in total among those who arrived in Russia from countries that are risky for the import of "omicron", four have the "delta" strain, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova.

"Of the 177, 28 people have already received the status of patients from the status of passengers, they are hospitalized, some on the basis of clinical manifestations, some on the basis of PCR results. As a result of our research, there are two patients with the omicron strain, while four have a strain." delta, "Popova told reporters.

There are already 177 people in the observatories who have arrived from countries that are at risk of importing the omicron strain, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova.

"At present, there are 177 people in the observators who have arrived from countries that are at risk for the new omicron strain. Of these, 32 arrived this morning from Ethiopia, and are also located in the observatory," Popova told reporters.

In Russia, for the second day in a row, a little more than 30 thousand cases of COVID-19 are detected - at the level of October 13, it follows from the data of the operational headquarters.

"Over the past 24 hours in Russia, there have been 30 209 confirmed cases of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in 85 regions, including 2247 (7.4 percent) actively detected without clinical manifestations," the statement said.

The day before, 30,752 infected people were registered, the growth rate remains at the level of 0.31 percent. 1181 people died (the day before - 1179), were discharged after treatment - 35 794.

Most of all new cases were recorded in Moscow - 2948 (the day before it was 3004), St. Petersburg - 2111, Moscow region - 1616, Samara region - 749, Krasnoyarsk region - 729, Perm region - 690, Voronezh region - 688, Krasnodar region - 677, Sverdlovsk region - 669, Rostov - 648. The minimum rate was noted in Chukotka - eight cases, in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug there are 14, and in Kalmykia - 19.