This, according to TASS, was reported at the federal operational headquarters to combat the new infection.

A day earlier, 54 deaths were registered in the capital.

In total, since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the headquarters, 28,607 people have died in the city.

Earlier, the deputy director for clinical and analytical work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, Professor Natalya Pshenichnaya, in the RT stream Letuchka, spoke about the features of the delta coronavirus strain.