Meanwhile, 496 more fatalities were registered, down from the single-day record of 524 the previous day, raising the nationwide death toll to 38,558, said the center.
A total of 1,712,174 patients have recovered so far, including 26,682 over the past day, it said.
Confirmed cases in Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, increased by a record of 7,918 to 585,095, it added.
Russia remains the fifth in the world and the second in Europe in terms of COVID-19 caseload.
The country aims to start voluntary mass vaccinations against the virus before the new year, which will be carried out stage by stage, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
source:xinhuanet.com
