Oxygen tube broke and nine covid patients died due to lack of supply

According to initial investigations into what happened, a total of 71 patients were in the centre’s intensive care unit when an oxygen leak occurred from a tube placed in an underground tank. .

Authorities said repairs had already started and several tankers had left for the city to provide oxygen supplies.

Russia saw a faster increase in mortality last month amid rising coronavirus infections.

Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova, who is leading the government’s response to the pandemic, told Tass news agency that Russia recorded a 17.9% increase in mortality in July compared to the same month of the previous year. He attributed the increase to the higher number of coronavirus infections with the delta variant, which is more contagious.

In June, mortality increased by 14.1% compared to the same month in 2020, according to the national statistics agency Rosstat.

Rosstat said 27,118 people with coronavirus died in June, about 43% more than in May. This is the highest monthly number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country since January, when the agency reported around 37,900 deaths from the disease.

Of the total number of deaths of people with coronavirus in June, Covid-19 was the leading cause in 23,372 cases, while 3,746 people who tested positive for the coronavirus died from other causes.

Russia has seen an increase in infections since early June and new cases per day have risen from 9,000 in early summer to 23,000 in early July.

The coronavirus task force on Friday reported 22,660 new infections and 792 deaths. In total during the pandemic, the government task force reported 6.4 million confirmed infections and 163,301 deaths.