Russia registers 8,406 new cases of Covid-19, 319 deaths in past 24 hours - HQ
MOSCOW. May 24 (Interfax) - Russia has registered 8,406 new cases of Covid-19 and 319 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the coronavirus response headquarters said in a statement on Monday.
"Over the past day, 8,406 Covid-19 cases were confirmed in 82 regions of Russia, including 1,018 asymptomatic cases identified proactively (12.1%)," the headquarters said.
In the past 24 hours, 6,450 patients were discharged from hospitals upon recovery, and 319 patients died from Covid-19 across Russia.
According to the headquarters, Moscow reported 2,487 new cases of Covid-19, along with 59 deaths and 1,730 recoveries on Monday.
The daily coronavirus morbidity has been the highest in Moscow and the lowest in Tuva (four). There were zero infections in the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Chukotka and Nenets autonomous districts in the past 24 hours.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic in Russia on March 2, 2020, it has registered a total of 5,009,911 cases of Covid-19, including 118,801 deaths and 4,624,212 recoveries.
The Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) said on Monday that Russia has performed more than 135.9 million Covid-19 diagnostic tests to date, including 289,000 over the past day. As many as 517,775 people remain under medical observation.
