Coronavirus in Russia: 150 lost their lives per day

According to the operational headquarters to combat the spread of coronavirus infection over the entire period, 13,504 people died in Russia. Over the past day, 150 deaths confirmed.

In particular, 23 people died in St. Petersburg, ten in the Irkutsk region, and Moscow each. 5,395 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in the Russian Federation in 24 hours.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China's Hubei province, and the virus has spread to over 200 countries and territories since then.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.