Russia sees sharp increase in COVID incidence

For the first time since late March, the daily coronavirus incidence exceeded 20,000 in Russia, amounting to 20,303 cases, Report informs via Russian media.

Over the past day, 1,505 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, and 44 people died due to COVID-related health complications.

Since the pandemic onset, Russia has recorded 18,712,699 infection cases and 382,741 COVID-related deaths. As many as 18,039,355 people have recovered from the disease in the country.