This is evidenced by the data of the operational headquarters for control and monitoring of the situation with the coronavirus.
During the day, 21,437 people recovered.
In total, 5 322 345 patients have been cured of COVID-19 in the country.
787 patients have died in the last 24 hours.
In total, 147 655 deaths have been recorded in Russia since the beginning of the pandemic.
On July 16, 25 704 cases of coronavirus were registered in Russia.
Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that an increase in the rate of vaccination is noticeable every week in the country.
As the NSN reported, the former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko urged Russians to be vaccinated against coronavirus.