Russia’s COVID-19 cases rose by 9,270 in the past day, reaching 4,360,823, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Thursday.
In relative terms, the growth rate reached 0.21%.
The lowest growth rates were registered in the past day in the Tuva Republic (0.04%), the Sakhalin Region (0.05%), the Magadan Region, the Republic of Adygeya (0.06%).
Moscow’s coronavirus cases grew by 1,281 in the past 24 hours. So far, 995,279 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the Russian capital.
According to the crisis center, the growth rate stands at 0.13%. The authorities reported 1,116 new cases a day earlier.
Fifty-four COVID-19 patients died in the past 24 hours, with 15,601 deaths reported to date, TASS reported.
Meanwhile, another 1,578 patients recovered in Moscow in the past 24 hours; recoveries have reached 916,204. Currently, 63,474 people in the Russian capital continue treatment.
Some 961 coronavirus cases were recorded in St. Petersburg, 376 in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, 358 in the Moscow Region, 250 in the Samara Region and 249 in the Rostov Region.
Currently, 310,556 people are ill in Russia.
