Russia's COVID-19 recoveries exceed half a million

Russia confirmed 5 940 new COVID-19 cases in a day, bringing the country's official number to 777 486, Report says, citing RIA Novosti.

According to the Operational Headquarters of the country, 85 more fell victim to the virus over the past day. Thus, the country's death toll from coronavirus reached 12 427.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 553,602 patients have recovered from the virus

Most of the new infections were recorded in the capital, Moscow - 578 cases.

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.