MOSCOW, March 5. /TASS/. Over half of Moscow clinics converted earlier into inpatient facilities for coronavirus patients have returned to their regular mode of operations, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in an interview with Channel One on Friday.

"Now more than half of those clinics that were switched to COVID are already functioning normally," he said.

"The entire Moscow’s healthcare system during this entire difficult period last year was functioning steadily, maintaining the volumes necessary to provide aid to Moscow residents," the mayor noted.

According to the latest global statistics, about 115.7 mln people have been infected worldwide and over 2.5 mln deaths have been reported. To date, 4,301,159 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 3,885,321 patients having recovered from the disease. Russia’s latest data indicates 88,285 fatalities nationwide. Earlier, the Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation.