"Over the past day, 2895 people were discharged on recovery ... For the entire period, 909,357 were discharged on recovery throughout Russia," the message says.

The largest number of recovered in Moscow - 892 and the Saratov region - 179.

The day before, it was reported that another 5255 patients were cured of the coronavirus in Russia.

Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Health authorized the outpatient use of two favipiravir drugs for the treatment of patients with coronavirus infection.

Director of the Research Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections Georgy Vikulov, in an interview with the NSN, spoke about contraindications for vaccination.