This is reported by TASS with reference to the country's Ministry of Health.

In 24 hours, 19,697 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in the country.

The total number of detected cases of the disease reached 4 702 657 people.

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.