In just 24 hours, 6,598 cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in the country, a day earlier - 6,669.
During the day, 55 people with coronavirus infection died.
The day before, 59 patients died.
The operational headquarters also clarified that 4,589 people with COVID-19 recovered in 24 hours in Russia, a day earlier - 5,132.
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.