She stated this during a meeting of the Presidium of the Coordination Council under the government to combat COVID-19.

“Of course, the epidemiological situation today is extremely tense,” Popova said.

She noted that the average daily rate over the past four days is almost 9.6 per 100 thousand of the population.

Earlier, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that the incidence of coronavirus infection in the country increased by 30% in a week.

Also, doctor of medical sciences, immunologist Vladislav Zhemchugov, in an interview with FAN, assessed the situation with COVID-19 in Russia.