Clean numbers St. Petersburg’s COVID-19 statistics change after Meduza reports suspicious, reoccuring ratio between daily recoveries and new cases

On October 23, Meduza highlighted a statistical anomaly in St. Petersburg, where local officials reported for roughly a month that the daily number of patients recovering from COVID-19 was almost exactly half the number of new cases identified. The next day, the 1:2 ratio suddenly ended, as reported daily recoveries jumped to 55 and 56 percent of new infections.