19/09/2020 13:30
Number of new coronavirus cases in Russia surpasses 6,000 first time in 2 months
The number of coronavirus cases detected over the past day in Russia for the first time since July 19 exceeded 6,000, the operational headquarters to combat the spread of the coronavirus reported on Saturday.
According to the headquarters, the daily growth was 0.56%, the total number of infected people reached 1,097,251.
The lowest growth rates per day were recorded in the Nenets Autonomous District (0%), in the Moscow Region (0.2%), Chuvashia, Chechnya, Moscow, Tula and Smolensk Regions (0.3% each).
New 212 coronavirus cases were detected in St. Petersburg, 180 in the Rostov region, 175 in the Moscow region, 164 in the Nizhny Novgorod region, and 151 in the Voronezh region.
In total, 171,450 people are currently infected in Russia.