Russia reports over 7,600 COVID-19 cases in the past day

Russia confirmed 7,639 COVID-19 cases over the past day, bringing the total caseload to 4,855,128, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Thursday.

Over the past three days Russia's daily cases did not exceed 8,000. The growth rate reached 0.16% in relative terms.

The lowest growth rates over the past day were registered in the Nenets Autonomous Region and the Chukotka Autonomous Region (0%), the Altai Republic (0.01%), and the Jewish Autonomous Region (0.02%).

Over the past day, 2,114 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Moscow, 715 in St. Petersburg, 600 in the Moscow Region, 211 in the Rostov Region, 144 in the Voronezh Region and 126 in the Saratov Region.

The number of coronavirus deaths in Russia grew by 351 in the past 24 hours compared to 360 fatalities reported a day earlier. So far, 112,246 people have died nationwide.

The relative fatality rate stands at 2.31%, as follows from the data provided by the crisis center.

Russia’s coronavirus recoveries grew by 7,788 in the past 24 hours. In total, 4,472,338 people have recovered by now. According to the crisis center, recoveries remain at 92.1% of the total number of infected people.

Currently, 270,544 people are undergoing treatment in Russia.