In total, 5,833,175 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country since the beginning of the epidemic, the operational headquarters said.

During the day, 780 people with coronavirus infection died.

710 patients died the day before.

The total number of deaths is 144,492.

Over the entire period of the epidemic in the country, 5,236,214 patients have been cured of COVID-19.

During the day, 19,566 people recovered, the day before - 16,429

Earlier, the Ministry of Health spoke about the development of a new, 12th version of the guidelines for the treatment of coronavirus infection.

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.