The number of coronavirus cases in Russia for the second day in a row exceeds 20,000. Over the past day, 20,396 new cases were detected, the total number of infected increased to 1,753,836, the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus told reporters on Saturday, TASS reports.
In relative terms, according to the headquarters, the increase in two days does not exceed 1.2%.
The lowest growth rates were recorded per day in the Republic of Dagestan (0.5%), Tatarstan, the Chuvash Republic (0.6% each), the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, the Moscow Region, and the Mari El Republic (0.7% each).
In particular, 5,829 coronavirus cases were detected in Moscow per day, 629 - in the Moscow region, 434 - in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 359 - in the Arkhangelsk region, and 322 - in the Krasnodar Territory.
