One in four Russians has antibodies to coronavirus, medical company says

More than 1.23 mln Russians have passed tests for antibodies to the coronavirus in Invitro’s laboratories, with some 25% of them testing positive, the Russian medical company said on Wednesday, TASS reports.

"By now, more than 1.23 mln coronavirus tests have been conducted, while the total number of positive results hits 25.1% in Russia," the medical company stated.

The biggest number of cases per day was recorded in Novosibirsk, Siberia, where the positive tests’ share for G-class antibodies in December exceeded 60%. In another Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, the figure was 58%, in Omsk - 56%, in Barnaul - 55% and in Irkutsk - 54%.

The epidemiological situation in the largest cities in the Urals follows the same pattern. On average, 52% of daily tests returned positive in Yekaterinburg and Surgut, 53% - in Tyumen and 57% - in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk.