Russia is working on getting reciprocal medical aid from the United States after the country reported its lowest overnight rise in coronavirus cases since the start of May.
But Russia, whose tally of 290,678 cases is the second highest after the United States, said the situation remained difficult after officials reported 8,926 new infections.
This marked the third day in a row that the figure was below the 10,000 mark which it has been above for most of this month.
Meanwhile, Moscow is working on securing supplies of reciprocal medical aid from the United States to help it combat the coronavirus, Russia's Deputy Foreign Sergei Ryabkov said.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington was sending Moscow some testing equipment and medical ventilators to help it manage the crisis and that the equipment was "on its way", the Washington Examiner reported yesterday.
Although Russia sent a batch of Russian-made medical ventilators to the United States in early April, US officials say they were not needed in the end.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who was diagnosed with the coronavirus last month, told a televised government meeting on Monday that the situation overall was improving and that many patients were being discharged by hospitals.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the coronavirus situation in Dagestan required urgent attention after a top official said hundreds of people in the region might have died from the virus.
"The situation in the Republic of Dagestan is complicated and of course calls for additional and urgent measures," Putin told a meeting in Moscow.
He said the poor North Caucasus region, which has the fifth-highest number of coronavirus cases in Russia, should receive additional equipment, medicines and tests.
"I want you to know and be assured - all of Russia will be with Dagestan now," he said, addressing residents of the region.
According to the most recent official tally released on Monday, Dagestan has reported 3,460 coronavirus cases and just 29 deaths.
However, the local health minister said Saturday that more than 12,600 people were suffering from the coronavirus and pneumonia.
Many medical workers in Dagestan and elsewhere have complained of shortages of protective gear and say medics are dying at a higher rate in Russia than elsewhere.
The Russian authorities have denied falsifying the numbers, saying they are only counting deaths caused directly by the coronavirus.
