The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Russia has exceeded 10.5 million

Another 19,751 people have been infected with a new strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Russia over the past day.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports quoting the Operative Headquarters that the number of people infected with COVID-19 in Russia has reached 10,519,733.

Over the past day, 847 people died of the coronavirus.

In total, the death toll from the coronavirus reached 309,707.

Russia ranks fifth in the number of coronavirus infections after the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and France.