The total number of deaths is 255 386.

1241 patients died the day before. 

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that the increase in the number of deaths among patients with COVID-19 in the country is of particular concern.

The Deputy Prime Minister said that deaths are recorded, as a rule, among citizens over 60 years old, suffering from chronic diseases and not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Virologist Yevgeny Timakov, in an interview with FAN, gave a forecast on the situation with COVID-19 before the New Year holidays.