The day before, 24,072 cases were reported.
During the day, 727 people with coronavirus infection died.
779 patients died the day before.
The total number of deaths is 154,601.
Over the entire period of the epidemic in the country, 5,506,834 patients have been cured of COVID-19.
During the day, 16,200 people recovered, the day before - 18,678.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova at a meeting of the President with members of the Cabinet said that the situation with coronavirus in the country remains tense.
Former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko at an online briefing on the NSN urged Russians to be vaccinated against COVID-19.