This is stated in the message of the operational headquarters to combat COVID-19.

"Over the past day in Russia, 25,173 cases of COVID-19 have been detected in 85 regions, of which 5,917 (23.5%) are active in contact persons without clinical manifestations of the disease," the statement said.

The day before, 24,581 cases of coronavirus were detected in Russia.

Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that mutations of the coronavirus infection, which could make it more dangerous, "angrier", were not recorded.

Deputy of the State Duma of the III-V convocations, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honored Scientist of Russia Sergei Kolesnikov, in an interview with the FAN, recalled the features of the coronavirus.