13:06, 1 May, 2020

YEREVAN, MAY 1, ARMENPRESS. The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 7,933 to 114,431 in the past 24 hours, TASS reports citing the anti-coronavirus crisis center.

Meanwhile, 13,220 people have recovered, 1,169 people have died.

“In Russia, a total of 114,431 cases (+7.4%) coronavirus cases were detected in 85 regions. Over the past day, 1,601 people recovered and were discharged, for the entire period – 13,220 people. At the same time, 96 deaths were confirmed per day. For the entire period 1,169 people died from coronavirus”, the center said in a statement.

It was noted that 3,534 (44.5%) of the newly found cases were asymptomatic.

In late December 2019, Chinese authorities notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, central China. WHO declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus a global pandemic and named the virus COVID-19. 

According to the data of the World Health Organization, coronavirus cases have been confirmed in more than 210 countries and territories.