Russia: 119 die of COVID-19 per day

Russia confirmed 5, 488 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 1 057 362, Report says, citing RIA Novosti.

According to the headquarters, the daily growth of 28 days does not exceed 0.5%.

In particular, new 670 cases were recorded in Moscow, 203-in St. Petersburg, 170 - in the Moscow region, 159 - in the Rostov region, while 156-in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

Over the past day, 119 more fell victim to the virus. So far, 18,484 people have died of COVID-19.