In just 24 hours, 6669 cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in the country, a day earlier - 6721.

During the day, 59 people with coronavirus infection died.

The day before, 57 patients died.

The operational headquarters also clarified that 5,132 people with COVID-19 recovered in Russia in 24 hours, a day earlier - 5,684.

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.