Russia reports record daily rise in coronavirus cases

Thursday, April 16, 2020 9:47 am

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past a figure of a Young Pioneer, a Soviet-era youth organisation’s member, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Moscow, Russia April 15, 2020. (Reuters photo)

Russia reported 3,448 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, up from 3,388 the day earlier.

The overall number of cases reached 27,938.

Thirty-four people died in the last 24 hours, which took the national coronavirus death toll to 232, the Russian coronavirus crisis response centre said. (Reuters/NAN)