"In Moscow, 58 patients died, all of them were diagnosed with pneumonia and received a positive test result for coronavirus infection," the headquarters said.

On the eve, 34 patients with coronavirus died in Moscow.

The mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, said that the number of seriously ill patients in the city is increasing, and mortality from COVID-19 is growing.

Expert Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with the NSN, noted that the more strictly Russians observe anti-epidemic measures, the faster the situation will begin to change for the better.