“Probably, by the end of the year, the numbers will be calmer,” RIA Novosti quoted Pshenichnaya as saying.

Over the past day, on October 22, 37,141 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia.

The day before, it became known about 36 339 cases.

Earlier, the head of the temporary infectious diseases hospital "Lenexpo" Ruslan Dmitrishen told how a patient with coronavirus symptoms should not waste time and when to call an ambulance.