"Over the past 24 hours, 436 deaths have been confirmed ... Over the entire period, 62,273 people have died in Russia," the message says.

The day before, 456 patients with coronavirus died in Russia.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova spoke about the death rate from COVID-19 in the country during the pandemic.

Immunologist Vladimir Bolibok, in an interview with URA.RU, gave a forecast regarding the pandemic.