"Over the past day in Russia, confirmed cases of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 - 4852 in 83 regions, including 1147 (23.6%) actively detected without clinical manifestations," the operational headquarters said in a statement.

During the pandemic, 956 749 cases of the disease were registered in the country. 

The day before, it was reported that 4921 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia per day.

Earlier, an immunologist, head of the laboratory of the Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums, Professor Mikhail Kostinov, in an interview with URA.RU, assessed the likelihood of a second wave of COVID-19.