Russia registers 8,947 new cases of Covid-19, 377 deaths in past 24 hours - HQ
MOSCOW. June 4 (Interfax) - Russia has registered 8,947 cases of Covid-19 and 377 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the coronavirus response headquarters said in a statement on Friday.
"Over the past day, 8,947 Covid-19 cases were confirmed in 84 regions of Russia, including 1,339 asymptomatic cases identified proactively (15.0%)," the headquarters said.
In the past 24 hours, 8,530 patients were discharged from hospitals upon recovery, and 377 patients died from Covid-19 across Russia.
According to the headquarters, Moscow reported 2,817 new cases of Covid-19, as well as 58 deaths and 2,318 recoveries on Friday.
The coronavirus morbidity levels have been the highest in Moscow since the beginning of the pandemic. Over the past day, the smallest number of infections was reported by Tuva (three) and the Chukotka Auton0mous Region (two). There were zero infections in the Nenets Autonomous District.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic in Russia on March 2, 2020, it has registered a total of 5,108,129 cases of Covid-19, including 123,037 deaths and 4,720,512 recoveries.
The Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) said on Friday that Russia has performed more than 139.5 million Covid-19 diagnostic tests to date, including 392,000 over the past day. As many as 530,011 people remain under medical observation.
