Russia confirmed 8,465 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 4,888,727, said the official monitoring and response center on Monday.

The national COVID-19 death toll rose by 321 to 113,647 in the past day, while the number of the country's recoveries grew by 6,774 to 4,502,906.

Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 2,896 new cases, taking the city's total to 1,119,284.

More than 131.4 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted across the country so far.