Russia reports 28,209 new coronavirus cases over day

The number of coronavirus cases in Russia increased by 28,209 over past day. The total number of cases reached 2,819,429, the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus told reporters on Saturday, TASS reports.

In relative terms, the increase, according to the headquarters, reached 1%.

The lowest growth rates were recorded per day in the Nenets Autonomous District (0.3%), the Tyva Republic, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, the Mari El Republic, the Novosibirsk Region (0.6% each).

In particular, 3,754 cases were detected per day in St. Petersburg, 1,514 - in the Moscow region, 502 - in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 405 - in the Sverdlovsk region, 395 - in the Arkhangelsk region.