Russia marks more than 8,700 daily Coronavirus cases

During the past 24 hours, 8,706 new cases of coronary have been recorded in Russia. So the total number of affected went to over 520,000.

According to official data, more than 2,700 people have died during April from new diseases in Russia, writes “Reuters”, Report Express broadcast.

Russia already has the third highest number of infected people in the world after the United States and BRazili. The total figure of the dead is 6,829, many times smaller than the victims that have been marked in countries with high levels of virus spread.

The Kremlin has denied having problems with official data since the World Health Organization said the low mortality rate in Russia is hard to understand.

Coronavirus Task Force Leader Tatiana Golikova said statistics on the death toll may need to be revised, but this organ did not give additional comments.

The Health Department in Moscow this week changed the number of victims for May, citing changes in the way the cause of death is determined for patients with other health problems.

Despite the high number of infections, Russia has begun to remove restrictive measures, which were aimed at fighting the spread of the new virus.