The day before, 3133 patients were reported to have recovered.
On August 15, the Ministry of Health announced that the first batch of domestic vaccine against coronavirus had been produced in Russia.
According to the ministry, health workers and people at risk will be vaccinated primarily in parallel with the post-registration stage of vaccine research.
Earlier, the deputy of the legislative assembly of St. Petersburg Igor Vysotsky, in an interview with Nation News, appreciated the importance of discipline in lifting restrictive measures on coronavirus.