Russia confirms 26,338 COVID-19 cases per day

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia increased by 26, 338 per day, bringing the country's official number to 2, 295 654.

The federal operational headquarters for the fight against told journalists, Report says, citing TASS.

Russia reported 368 fatal coronavirus cases against 459 a day earlier. A total of 39,895 patients have died from the infection so far.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to more than 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.