The number of coronavirus cases in Russia increased by 8,704 over the day to 4,632,688, the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus told reporters on Saturday, TASS reports.
In relative terms, the increase in the number of cases was 0.19%.
In particular, 699 cases were detected in St. Petersburg, in the Moscow region - 587, in the Nizhny Novgorod region - 245, in the Rostov region - 240.
The number of so-called active cases, patients who are being treated at the moment, has decreased to 271,760, the headquarters said. This is the lowest figure since mid-October 2020.
