"Over the past day in Russia, confirmed cases of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 - 5488 in 85 regions, including 1229 (22.4%) actively detected without clinical manifestations," the statement said.
5504 cases were identified the day before.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health of Russia reported that the first batch of Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus infection COVID-19 was sent to the regions.
Senior researcher at the Russian Scientific and Methodological Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS, epidemiologist Oleg Yurin, in an interview with the NSN, assessed the situation with the spread of the coronavirus.