Russia on Sunday reported 6,615 new coronavirus cases, taking its nationwide tally of infections to 727,162, Reuters reported.
The country’s coronavirus crisis response center said 130 people had died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 11,335.
Russia said 501,061 people have recovered from the virus.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin stated that the number of the coronavirus fatalities is several times lower than in other countries, TASS reported.
"According to one of the basic criteria of the effectiveness of our work - the mortality rate, - the situation looks good: in Russia per 100,000 of population...
Russia’s COVID-19 cases rose by 6,615 in the past day reaching 727,162, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday, TASS reported.
According to the crisis center, the daily growth rate in the past six days did not exceed 0.9%.
Some new 679 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Moscow, 293 in...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered 228 thousand infected with coronavirus per day - this is a new record. A day earlier, 204.9 thousand cases of infection were reported. The daily increase in deaths is about 5,500.
According to the organization, the total number of people infected worldwide exceeded...
The number of people infected with coronavirus increased in Russia by 6,611 over the day, the total number of infected reached 720,547 the operational headquarters to combat the spread of new coronavirus infection reported on Saturday.
According to the data, daily growth did not exceed 0.9% in five days, TASS...
U.S. laboratory activity in the territories of states adjacent to Russia is suspicious, said Deputy President of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, Interfax reported.
“It is necessary to cooperate in various areas, including laboratory cooperation, which should assist the national authorities in combating the pandemic,” Medvedev...
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko believes that Russia will have at least three or four coronavirus vaccines, TASS reported.
"I think that a bit fewer number of vaccines will make it up to industrial production, but we expect that at least three to four vaccines will be available on the...
Moscow on Thursday said it would reopen schools and universities next week, in the latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions as the number of new daily infections in the Russian capital fell to 56, Reuters reported.
Moscow, which has overall recorded more than 227,000 cases of the virus, last month lifted...
Russia has approved a new antiviral drug, Coronavir, to treat COVID-19 patients, its developer R-Pharm said on Wednesday, as Russia’s tally of infections hit 700,000, Reuters reported.
It said a clinical trial involving mild or medium-level cases had shown the drug to be highly effective in inhibiting replication of the...
The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection worldwide crossed the 12-million benchmark on Thursday, according to the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University, TASS reported.
The organization, which calculates its own statistics on the basis of data obtained from international organizations, federal and local authorities, said 12,007,327 people have...
