MOSCOW: Russia recorded a fresh record increase in daily coronavirus cases on Sunday, pushing the world’s fourth highest infection tally towards 1.3 million.
The coronavirus taskforce said it had recorded 13,634 new cases in the last 24 hours, including 4,501 in Moscow.
The capital city of nearly 13 million has been the hardest hit area. It has opened two temporary hospitals and ordered businesses to have at least 30% of staff working remotely.
Russia’s Health Ministry last week recommended that people stay at home this weekend in the nation of about 145 million people that has now recorded 1,298,718 cases, behind only the United States, India and Brazil.
The coronavirus taskforce said on Sunday that 149 people had died overnight, pushing the death toll to 22,597.
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