"Over the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 7,113 COVID-19 cases in 82 regions, of which 2,278 (32 percent) have been detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms," the response center said in a statement, adding that the country has confirmed 613,994 cases (+1.2 percent) in 85 regions so far.

The country's COVID-19 death toll has grown by 92 (154 yesterday) to 8,605.

As many as 6,342 COVID-19 patients have recovered across the country (12,393 yesterday), bringing the total number of cured people to 375,164.

According to the Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, 18.1 million tests to detect COVID-19 have been conducted in the country since the beginning of the outbreak, and 307,000 people remain under medical monitoring as suspected virus carriers.