The total number of detected cases of coronavirus in the country is 11,173,300.
It is specified that 21,714 people were discharged in Russia in connection with the recovery from coronavirus per day.
At the same time, 655 deaths due to COVID-19 were recorded in Russia in 24 hours.
World Health Organization expert Maria van Kerkhove said that variants of the coronavirus could appear in the world that would be more contagious than the Omicron strain.
Infectious disease doctor Nikolai Malyshev, in an interview with Nation News, recalled the importance of following preventive measures against the background of the detection of the omicron coronavirus strain.