"Nevertheless, we are not going to introduce any lockdowns," RIA Novosti quoted Sobyanin as saying.

He noted that the incidence can now be dealt with without introducing a lockdown.

The number of cases of coronavirus infection in Moscow increased by 4124 per day. The total number of cases of COVID-19 recorded in the city reached 1,209,214.

On June 9, the Main Control Department of Moscow announced that the epidemiological situation in the capital was deteriorating, the number of cases of coronavirus was growing.

Measures to counter the spread of coronavirus will be strengthened.