"According to Rospotrebnadzor, to date, more than 107.1 million laboratory tests have been carried out for the presence of a new coronavirus," the statement said.

It is noted that over the past day, 299 thousand tests were done.

At the moment, more than 622 thousand people remain under medical supervision for coronavirus.

Earlier, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko said that test systems are being developed in Russia for faster monitoring of coronavirus infection COVID-19.

Commenting on the situation with the coronavirus, Alexei Agranovsky, professor of the Department of Virology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, expressed the opinion that masks could be removed in the summer.