A woman wearing protective mask shops in a supermarket in Moscow on May 13, 2020, amid the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. - To avoid the escalation of the number of infections, the city authorities have made it mandatory to wear gloves and a masks on public transport, shops and other pubic places, on pain of a fine of 5,000 rubles (about 63 euros). (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia recorded 9,974 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the country’s coronavirus headquarters said in a statement today.
That marks the first time in 12 days that the country has reported fewer than 10,000 new daily cases.
Russia has officially reported 252,245 total cases of coronavirus. The country has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world after the United States, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.
