A municipal employee wearing a protective suit disinfects a railway station in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

Russia has reported another 20,538 COVID-19 cases in the past 24-hour period, according to the official data released Sunday.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 5,451,291.

The national COVID-19 death toll rose by 599 to 133,282 in the past day, while the number of the country's recoveries grew by 12,728 to 4,956,714.

Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 6,723 new cases, taking its total to 1,338,937.

According to official data, 37,603,085 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Russia as of Friday.