"Over the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 8,855 COVID-19 cases in 84 regions, of which 3,265 (36.9 percent) have been detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms," the response center said in a statement.

Russia has so far recorded 458,689 cases of the disease in 85 regions, the center added.

Meanwhile, the country's death toll related to the coronavirus has grown by 197, compared to 144 on Friday, to 5,725.

As many as 8,708 COVID-19 patients have recovered across the country over the past day (8,057 on Friday), bringing the total number of cured people to 221,388.