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YEREVAN, APRIL 15, ARMENPRESS. Russia’s coronavirus case count has grown by 3,388 over the past day to 24,490 in 84 regions, TASS reports citing the anti-coronavirus crisis center.
The Altai Republic is the only Russian region, which has not been affected by the deadly virus. A total of 1,986 people have recovered from the disease and 198 people have died.
In late December 2019, Chinese authorities notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about an outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, central China. WHO declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus a global pandemic and named the virus COVID-19.
According to the data of the World Health Organization, coronavirus cases have been confirmed in more than 210 countries and territories.