Russia announced on Thursday that 7790 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19) were recorded during the past 24 hours, raising the total number of cases to 561091.
"It also reported 182 new deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 7660," media sources said.
Noteworthy, Russian capital, Moscow, began partially easing the strict public isolation measures taken to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus, after a marked decrease in the number of the infections.
According to Reuters, residents of the Russian capital are allowed to go out to take a stroll for the first time in nine weeks on Monday.
It is worth mentioning that, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease COVID-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.
People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.
Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
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