575 people with coronavirus infection died in Russia per day.

The total number of deaths is 71 651.

Recovered in the last 24 hours, 26,775 people.

Over the entire period of the epidemic in the country, 3,229,258 patients have been cured of COVID-19.

On the eve, 17,741 new cases of coronavirus and 594 deaths associated with COVID-19 were registered in Russia.

27,922 patients were discharged.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a speech via video link at an economic forum in Davos, warned that the COVID-19 pandemic could drag on.

He recalled that recently, new strains of coronavirus have been discovered, and also called for the creation of conditions for joint work of scientists and specialists from different countries to study them.

Professor of Virology at the Gamaleya Center Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with the NSN, recalled the risks of asymptomatic COVID-19.