The number of coronavirus cases surpasses 520,000 in Russia
8,706 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Russia, bringing the number of cases in the country to 520,129.
The country’s death toll from the virus has reached 6,829, an increase of 114 deaths in the last 24 hours.
274,641 patients suffering from coronavirus have been discharged from hospital after being cured.
Russia was relatively late in suffering a serious outbreak, but now has become the country with the third-most cases in the world, after the United States and Brazil, having surpassed the United Kingdom and Spain.
The city of Moscow is currently the most affected federal subject, having the majority of confirmed cases.
Global death toll from coronavirus have reached 428,632, with 7,757,985 cases and 3,975,385 recoveries. (ILKHA)