OREANDA-NEWS  The incidence of acute respiratory viral infections in Russia increased by almost 30% in a week, and coronavirus infection by 2.8%, according to the Telegram channel of Rospotrebnadzor.

"In the third week of 2025, an increase in the incidence of respiratory viral infections was noted in Russia by 29.1% compared to last week - 572.9 thousand cases were registered," the report says.

The excess of the national average is observed in 49 regions of the country, and in 27 regions of the Russian Federation the number of hospitalized increased by 30% or more compared to last week, the department said.

According to the results of the last week, 9.6 thousand cases of COVID-19 were also registered in Russia, which is 2.8% higher than last week, Rospotrebnadzor noted.