Russia "Tense" With 1,51,000 Covid Cases In Hospital

Infections have especially spiked in the capital Moscow and second city Saint Petersburg, which hosts a Euro 2020 quarter-final on Friday.

Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said Tuesday that 151,000 people in Russia are currently in hospital with the coronavirus, amid a third wave driven by the highly contagious Delta variant. Infections have especially spiked in the capital Moscow and second city Saint Petersburg, which hosts a Euro 2020 quarter-final on Friday. At a televised meeting of Russia's coronavirus task force, Murashko said the "situation is tense, especially in large cities". "182,000 hospital beds are allocated, 151,000 patients are receiving treatment," the minister said.