Russia reports over 5,200 COVID-19 cases in the past day

The number of coronavirus cases recorded in Russia in the past day reached 5,204, bringing the total caseload in the country to 866,627, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday.

According to its data, the daily growth rate was estimated at 0.6%.

Some 687 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Moscow, 181 - in the Sverdlovsk Region, 169 - in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region, 162 - in the Moscow Region and 156 - in St. Petersburg.

The lowest growth rate in the past day was registered in the Chukotka Autonomous Region (0%), Sevastopol (0%), the Pskov Region (0.1%), the Karachay-Circassian Region (0.2%) and North Ossetia (0.2%).

Currently, 185,601 people in Russia are undergoing treatment for the coronavirus.

The number of fatalities rose by 139 in the past day to 14,490, the crisis center informed. Of these, 18 fatalities were registered in St. Petersburg, 11 - in Moscow, seven - in the Irkutsk Region, and six - in the Tambov, Tula, and Sverdlovsk regions each.

According to the center, 1.67% of coronavirus patients have died in the country.