Russia Records 7,770 New Coronavirus Cases, Lowest Since Sep 26

Russia recorded 7,770 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest number since September 26, 2020, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Tuesday. The total number of cases has reached 4,839,514.

According to data from the crisis center, the coronavirus growth rate stands at 0.16%, TASS reports.

The rate is the lowest in the Jewish, Nenets and Chukotka autonomous regions (0%), the Tuva and Altai regions (0.01%) and the Magadan region (0.02%).

In particular, 709 coronavirus cases were confirmed in St. Petersburg in the past day, 625 in the Moscow region, 220 in the Rostov region, 149 in the Voronezh region and 139 in the Samara region.

Russia has documented 6,755 recoveries from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with the overall recovery count reaching 4,457,044. The share of those recovered stands at 92.1% of the total case count.

There are currently 270,935 active coronavirus cases in Russia.