Five more coronavirus patients die in Moscow

Five more coronavirus patients have died in Moscow, the city’s coronavirus response headquarters said.

"Five patients with confirmed pneumonia and positive coronavirus tests have died. <…> All the five patients of old age had concurrent diseases," it said.

According to the headquarters, the patients were aged from 61 to 74. Four of them were connected to artificial lung ventilation. "All had other chronic diseases, including cardiosclerosis, essential hypertension, chronic obstructive lung disease. Three patients had diabetes. One patient had cancer," TASS cited the statement as saying.

As of March 31, a total of 2,337 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia. As many as 121 patients have recovered. According to data as of 12:00 Moscow time, seventeen patients died. Moscow accounts for the majority of cases (1,613).