COVID-19 cases approach 500 in Russia
Russia has registered 57 new situations of COVID-19 in the last a day, raising its final number to 495, official info showed Tuesday.
The brand new cases were registered in 14 regions, including 28 in Moscow, Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Staying said in a statement.
All the new clients, who are under isolation, had visited countries hit simply by the coronavirus within the last two weeks, it said.
Anyone who has made close connection with the patients in Russia have already been recognized and work is underway to put them under medical guidance, it said.
Of the 495 infected, 22 have recovered and been discharged, including five within the last 24 hours.
With 149,754 persons suspected to be infected and put under medical supervision, 93,677 remained under control as of Monday, it said in another statement.
