This is reported by the operational headquarters for monitoring and monitoring the situation with the virus.

“Over the last 24 hours in Russia there have been confirmed cases of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 - 8987 in 85 regions, including 3,216 (35.8%) without clinical manifestations were detected,” the report said.

A day earlier, 8779 cases of coronavirus were recorded.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Health of Russia Mikhail Murashko assessed the situation with the spread of COVID-19 in Russia. He noted that, according to the department’s calculations, “21 regions are still quite calm, but the epidemiological process is still ongoing in the rest.”

Aleksey Agranovsky, doctor of biological sciences, professor at the Department of Virology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, assessed the need to observe precautions after lifting restrictions on coronavirus in an interview with the FAN.