Russia reported 8,855 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.
It pushes the total number of infections in the country to 458,689.
Officials said 197 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official nationwide death toll to 5,725.
More than 8,000 new cases, 197 deaths reported in Russia in 24 hours
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