In total, 6,102,469 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the country since the beginning of the epidemic, the operational headquarters said.

During the day, 799 people with coronavirus infection died.

795 patients died the day before.

The total number of deaths is 153095.

Over the entire period of the epidemic in the country, 5,471,956 patients have been cured of COVID-19.

During the day, 21,952 people recovered, the day before - 22,547.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova at a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with members of the government said that the situation with the coronavirus in the country remains tense.

Former chief sanitary doctor of Russia Gennady Onishchenko at an online briefing on the NSN urged Russians to be vaccinated against COVID-19.