Russia Reports More Than 10,000 New COVID-19 Infections
Medical workers transport a woman into a hospital where patients infected with the COVID-19 novel coronavirus are being treated in the settlement of Kommunarka outside Moscow on April 27, 2020. Alexander NEMENOV / AFP.Russia on Sunday registered more than 10,600 new coronavirus infections, marking a fresh one-day record increase.Russia is now the European country registering the most new infections.
But the official fatality rate is low in comparison to countries like Italy, Spain and the United States.Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said the Russian capital, which has emerged as the epicentre of the contagion, was not yet past the peak of the outbreak.President Vladimir Putin has said the situation remains “very difficult.”
Despite the steady increase in cases, the government has indicated it could gradually lift confinement measures from May 12, but the easing will depend on the region. Sobyanin said on Saturday that about two percent of Moscow residents — or more than 250,000 people — have the coronavirus. According to official statistics, Moscow has a population of 12.7 million but the real figure is believed to be higher.
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