She noted that “the number of people who have recovered in Moscow continues to increase”, so “over the past day after undergoing treatment, another 2,283 patients recovered.”

“The total number of people who recovered from the infection exceeded 102.7 thousand,” TASS quoted Rakov as saying.

Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, speaking about the possibility of lifting restrictive measures in the capital, admitted that "next week we can take more radical, more serious steps forward."