"Over the past day in Russia, confirmed cases of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 - 18 648 in 85 regions, including 4421 (23.7%) actively detected without clinical manifestations," the statement says.

The day before, 18,257 new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded in Russia during the day.

Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that the availability of several vaccines against coronavirus in Russia would provide an opportunity for "maneuver" in the fight against the pandemic.

Director of the Scientific Information Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections, immunologist Georgy Vikulov, commented in an interview with URA.RU on the invulnerability of a number of people to the coronavirus.