Russia is already preparing for a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the autumn, after officials reported the country's lowest daily rise in new infections since May 1, Reuters reports.

Speaking at a government meeting on state television, Anna Popova, the head of the state consumer health watchdog, said she hoped the outbreak would continue to recede this summer but that Russia must be ready it for to worsen.

“The risks that this epidemic will return to growth and development in autumn are fairly high, we are currently preparing for that,” she said.

Russia confirmed 7,790 new cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide tally to 561,091, as well as 182 deaths that brought the death toll to 7,660.