“We are not far from the peak, and those mathematicians who work at the agency update the forecast every day, and they believe that by May we will definitely be on the plateau. It will most likely be the end of this - next week, ”TASS quoted her as saying.

According to Skvortsova, after that Russia “will have to go down for as long”.

Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that the peak incidence of COVID-19 in Russia is yet to come.

According to current data, as of April 20, 47 121 cases of COVID-19 infection were registered in Russia, 3446 people recovered, 405 died.