The incidence of acute respiratory viral infections has increased in the Murmansk region in a week

Over the past week, 1,615 residents of the Murmansk region went to the doctors with signs of acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI). The incidence increased by 1.72%.

According to the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor, the increase was due to an increase in child morbidity. SARS is increasingly being diagnosed in preschool children, writes the Bi-port news agency. At the same time, the majority of cases are adults.

Ten cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in a week.

Earlier, doctors announced the first outbreak of meningococcal infection in Russia in almost 30 years. At least 17 cases of infection have been registered in St. Petersburg since the beginning of the year. In Yekaterinburg, 15 people were hospitalized, two died.