"The situation in terms of the number of cases remains tense, 865 thousand people in the country receive medical care, of which 77% receive medical care at the outpatient stage," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying at the presidium of the government's coordinating council on combating coronavirus.

Earlier it was reported that 25 704 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Russia per day.

Doctor Timur Pesterev, in an interview with FAN, gave advice on vaccination against COVID-19.