Over the past 24 hours, 787 people with coronavirus infection have died in Russia.

The total number of deaths reached 164,881.

15 669 patients recovered after the coronavirus, for the entire period of the epidemic - 5 755 507.

The day before, 22,320 cases of coronavirus were reported in Russia, 19,485 recovered and 793 deaths.

According to the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova, in 22 regions of Russia there is a trend towards a steady decrease in the incidence of coronavirus infection.

Vitaly Zverev, a microbiologist, scientific director of the Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in an interview with URA.RU, emphasized the importance of achieving population immunity from coronavirus in the world.