Moscow: Russia reported the number of daily Coronavirus cases and death on Thursday because Moscow turned off the services that were not important for 11 days to combat the surge in infection.
The most devastated countries in Europe by Pandemi, Russia has struggled with a low level of vaccination despite developing several of its own jabs.
The last few weeks have seen the number of cases and deaths every day about the highest pandemic, with the official government calculation on Thursday which reported a new record of 40,096 infections and 1,159 fatality.
The authorities have avoided the severe type of lock that applies in many countries, but has closed all services that are not important in Moscow from Thursday to November 7.
Retail outlets, restaurants and sports and entertainment areas are all closed, along with schools and kindergartens .
Only shops that sell food, drugs and other essence are allowed to remain open.
The government of President Vladimir Putin has pinned his hopes on the Homegrown vaccine such as Sputnik V Jab, but Russia proved to be hard resistant to be fully investigated.
On Thursday, only 32 percent of the Russian population was fully vaccinated, according to the Gogov website, which calculated Covid-19 data from the region.
Putin last week ordered a national paid holiday between 30 October and 7 November in an effort to reverse infection, and Moscow authorities followed by ordering a non-essential service shutdown in the capital from Thursday.
The streets in Moscow on Thursday morning are a little less dense than usual, but the extensive Metro City network is busy as usual, with many passengers not wearing a mask.
The authorities did not require Russia to stay at home during periods that did not work and many planned to use the days to travel to all countries and abroad.
The Mayor of the Black Sea Sea resort has warned large waves of tourists, and demand in Russia for flights that are bound to Turkey and Egypt has soared.
Russia has recorded nearly 8.4 million cases and more than 235,000 deaths, even though independent experts said the authorities had underestimated the severity of the pandemic.
The number published by the Rosstat statistics agency in October painted a darker image, showing that more than 400,000 people had died in the country from Coronavirus.
After severe months of locking at the beginning of the Pandemic, Russian authorities were hesitant to impose further restrictions that would hurt the economy, instead begging Russia to get vaccination.