Overall infections also passed 300,000, but the number of active virus cases in the country dropped for the first time.
Doctor Dmitry Cheboksarov wearing personal protective equipment works in the intensive care unit for the COVID-19 coronavirus patients at Vinogradov City Clinical Hospital in Moscow on May 17, 2020.
Russia has recorded far fewer deaths than other countries with large outbreaks, but critics have cast doubt on the low official mortality rate and accused authorities of under-reporting in order to play down the scale of the crisis. Authorities also say that since the virus came later to Russia, there was more time to prepare hospital beds and launch wide-scale testing to slow the spread.For the first time on Wednesday, Russia recorded more people recovering in the last 24 hours — 9,262 — than the number of people testing positive, with active cases dropping by 633.
The North Caucasus region of Dagestan has emerged as a virus hotspot, with the fifth-highest number of infections. The Muslim-majority region confirmed a total of 36 deaths.
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