"At the moment, we have vaccinated almost 1.8 million people, the vaccination plan in our region has been fulfilled by 48.5%," TASS quotes Strigunkova.

According to data as of July 5, 24,353 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Russia per day.

In total, 5,635,294 patients with COVID-19 were identified in the country during the pandemic. 

As the NSN reported, State Duma deputy, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko urged Russians to be vaccinated against coronavirus.