The day before, 23,239 cases were reported.
During the day, 779 people with coronavirus infection died.
727 patients died the day before.
The total number of deaths is 155,380.
Over the entire period of the epidemic in the country, 5,526,950 patients have been cured of COVID-19.
During the day, 20,116 people recovered, the day before - 16,200.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova at a meeting of the President with members of the Cabinet of Ministers said that the situation with 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.