MOSCOW, May 31 (NNN-TASS) – Russia confirmed 8,952 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising its total number of infections to 396,575, its virus response centre said, in a statement, Saturday.
The death toll increased by 181 to 4,555, while 167,469 people have recovered, including 8,212 over the last 24 hours, according to the statement.
Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region, confirmed 2,367 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking its total to 178,196.
As of Friday, about 307,000 people were under medical observation, Russia’s consumer rights and human well-being watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, said in a statement Saturday.
More than 10.3 million lab tests for COVID-19 have been conducted across the country so far, it added.
Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Mishustin, signed a decree allocating 10.9 billion rubles (155 million U.S. dollars) to subsidise the country’s airports, as the pandemic greatly reduced passenger traffic, the government said Saturday.
Russian gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 12 percent year-on-year in Apr, due to virus-related restrictions, official data showed earlier this week.– NNN-TASS
