“With the coronavirus, the situation has stabilized, over the past week, compared to the previous one, there has been no fall or rise: that is, we have remained at the same level,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

He also noted a 6% reduction in the number of Muscovites in the capital's hospitals.

Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that the situation with the spread of coronavirus in Russia is generally stabilizing.

She noted that it is better to acquire herd immunity through vaccination, thus creating a barrier "before any virus and new coronavirus too."