“Over the past day, 156 fatal cases have been confirmed ... Over the entire period in Russia, 11,770 people have died,” the report said.
The day before, 175 coronavirus patients died in Russia.
According to Rospotrebnadzor, more than 23.7 million tests for the detection of coronavirus infection COVID-19 were conducted in Russia.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that the highest mortality rate from COVID-19 in May was registered in the Central, North-West and Volga Federal Districts.