"Over the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 6,406 COVID-19 cases in 83 regions, of which 1,663 (26 percent) have been detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms," the response center said in a statement, adding that the total count has now reached 759,203 cases in 85 regions, with the daily increase standing at 0.9 percent.

As many as 186 COVID-19 patients died in Russia over the past 24 hours (167 yesterday). The total death toll has reached 12,123.

A total of 7,681 coronavirus patients have been discharged (compared to 8,443 yesterday), bringing the total number of recoveries to 539,373.

According to the Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, over 24.3 million tests to detect COVID-19 have been conducted in the country since the beginning of the outbreak, and over 271,700 suspected virus carriers remain under medical monitoring.