RIA Novosti reports.

It is noted that he is in a hospital in a stable condition. 

"A permanent council of doctors with the participation of physicians from Russia ... concluded that the morning deterioration is a consequence of COVID-19 and that the state of health of the patriarch ... is difficult, but stable," the SOC said.

Earlier, the media reported on the death of the patriarch.

The SOC denied this information.

In October, Archpriest Dimitri Arzumanov, who served as the rector of the Church of St. John of Kronstadt in the capital Zhulebin, died at the age of 56 as a result of complications caused by the coronavirus infection COVID-19.