In just 24 hours, 6721 cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in the country, a day earlier - 6785.

During the day, 57 people with coronavirus infection died.

The day before, 58 patients died.

The operational headquarters also clarified that 5,684 people with COVID-19 recovered in Russia in 24 hours, a day earlier - 5,865.

Earlier, the chief physician of the City Clinical Hospital No. 1 of Chelyabinsk Dmitry Tarasov, in an interview with URA.RU, spoke about methods for preventing swine flu.