Russia has documented 7,889 cases of COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed reporters on Saturday. For four days running, the daily increase in new cases has not surpassed 8,000.
According to the crisis center, Russia has documented a total of 576,952 cases of the virus. The daily increase rate reaches 1.4%.
The lowest increase rate has been documented in Moscow (0.5%), with 1,057 new cases documented.
North Ossetia has reported a 0.8% increase rate, Tatarstan - 0.9%, Ingushetia - 1%, and the Jewish Autonomous Region - 1%.
Currently, there are 234,358 active cases of COVID-19 in Russia.
Russia has documented 10,186 recoveries from COVID-19, a disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the past 24 hours, with the total number of those recovered reaching 334,592.
According to the crisis center, 58% of those infected in Russia have recovered from the virus.
Moscow has reported 2,115 recoveries from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, St. Petersburg - 794, the Sverdlovsk Region - 299, the Nizhny Novgorod Region - 282 and the Chelyabinsk Region - 248.
Russia has documented 161 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, with the death toll since the start of the pandemic reaching 8,002 people.
According to the crisis center, the lethality rate from COVID-19 in Russia reaches 1.39%.
