“Over the past day, 198 deaths have been confirmed ... Over the entire period in Russia 10,494 people have died,” the report said.

The day before, 135 patients with COVID-19 died in Russia.

On the evening of July 6, it was reported that 24 patients with coronavirus died in Moscow per day.

The doctor of medical sciences, virologist Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with NSN, estimated the likelihood of a second wave of COVID-19 in Russia.