“Today we are in that phase of activity of the epidemiological process, and in a situation where all the constituent entities of Russia are in the growth phase almost at the same time,” Popova said.

According to her, 79 regions of Russia are in a clear increase in the incidence.

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin spoke about the fight against coronavirus infection COVID-19.

According to him, doctors in Russia have a very difficult time, since they have been taking care of patients with coronavirus for a long time without interruption.

Therefore, the government continues to support medical professionals.

In Russia, over the past day, 33,740 new cases of coronavirus were recorded.

Over the past 24 hours, 23,426 people have fully recovered, the number of deaths amounted to 1,015 - this is the maximum value since the beginning of the pandemic.