Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic In Russia -- News Updates May 26, 2020

Russia is now the third most-affected country in terms of infections. Sergei Fadeichev / TASS

TASS: Russia’s coronavirus case tally rises by 8,915 in past day

The daily growth rate hit a record low of 2.5%

MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. The number of new coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 8,915 in the past day, reaching 362,342 in all Russian regions, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Tuesday.

The daily growth rate hit a record low of 2.5% versus 2.6% a day earlier.

New 817 coronavirus cases were confirmed in the Moscow Region, 363 in St. Petersburg, 228 in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, 207 in the Sverdlovsk Region, 203 in the Rostov Region, 169 in the Arkhangelsk Region, 148 in the Krasnoyarsk Region, 112 in the Irkutsk Region, 105 in the Kaluga Region, 105 in the Tula Region and 99 in the Bryansk Region.

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WNU Editor: Two people I know in Moscow got sick, confirmed Covid-19, but recovered very quickly. Everyone else is OK. The focus in Russia right now is to lay the groundwork to open up the economy, and quarantine/treat those who are sick. 

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