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center. According to TASS estimates based on data from the anti-coronavirus crisis center provided on Sunday, confirmed monthly coronavirus cases in Russia surpassed amn for the first time since the epidemic began in October. The anti-coronavirus crisis center recorded 1,002,764 infections from October 1 to 31, up 69.4% over the previous month and 127% higher than October 2020. According to the report, the%age of patients discharged from hospitals after recovering has reduced to 86.4% of all infections. The number of people killed by the coronavirus in Russia increased by 1,158 in the last day, from 1,160 the day before, to 238,538, according to the crisis center. According to the report, the fatality rate remained at 2.8%.
59% of Russians described their families’ financial status as ordinary,
15% as excellent, and 25% as awful, according to the findings of a study done by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center,. At the same time, 10% of respondents described the country’s economic status as favorable, and while 39% think it’s awful, 48% think it’s average. “Over the last year, Russians have regularly rated their families’ financial status as better than the country’s economic state.” In other words, the index of assessing family material well-being has always significantly outperformed the index of assessing the country’s economic situation, with the largest difference occurring in June 2021 (48 points against 11 points, respectively, a difference of more than four times), according to analysts. In January of this year, the indexes were closest – 48 points and 30 points, respectively, a difference of 1.6 times.
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