10,633 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 134,686 in Russia.

1,280 people have until now died from coronavirus in the country, an increase of 58 deaths in the past 24 hours.

16,639 patients suffering from coronavirus have fully recovered and been discharged from hospital in the country.

Russia is now the seventh most-affected country in terms of infections, having surpassed Turkey, Iran and China.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Mishustin announced that he himself had tested positive for the virus. President Putin as a result signed an executive order to appoint First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov as Acting Prime Minister while Mishustin recovers. (ILKHA)