"Over the past day in Russia, 29,039 cases of COVID-19 have been identified in 85 regions, of which 6065 (20.9%) are active in contact persons without clinical manifestations of the disease," the statement says.

The day before, it was reported that in Russia, 28 782 patients with coronavirus infection COVID-19 were detected per day.

Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova expressed hope that the situation with coronavirus after the New Year holidays will not worsen.

On December 4, FAN reported that the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia had announced plans to release the Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus.