This is evidenced by the data of the operational headquarters for the fight against infection.
A day earlier, 33,558 cases of the disease were registered in the country.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Health registered the Sputnik M vaccine against coronavirus for children from 12 to 17 years old, the department said.
The vaccine consists of two components, which are given 21 days apart.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the country has issued a permit to conduct clinical trials of a nasal vaccine against the Gam-COVID-Vac coronavirus.
Virologist Yevgeny Timakov, in an interview with FAN, gave a forecast regarding the situation with COVID-19 before the New Year holidays.