Russia registered 25,142 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing cumulative total to 5,610,941, the federal response centre said Sunday.
Moscow registered the highest number of new cases in this period — 7,624, the Moscow region had second highest number with 2,696, St, Petersburg third highest with 1,784.
In the last 24 hours, 663 deaths of people with COVID-19 were recorded across the country, 111 of them in Moscow. In the same period, 15,484 people were discharged from hospital in Russia with full recovery.
"The data that we're seeing that the Prime Minister is reviewing at the moment ahead of his decision point on the roadmap looks very positive," Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said.
An Olympic athlete from Serbia tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Japan, the Kyodo news agency reports.
The Serbian athlete was tested for the coronavirus at the Tokyo Haneda Airport. After getting a positive result, the athlete was isolated along with four other people who accompanied him, Kyodo said on Sunday citing health officials.
Last month, two members of Uganda’s Olympic delegation tested positive for COVID-19.