YEREVAN, JUNE 5, ARMENPRESS. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 8,726 to 449,834 in the past 24 hours, TASS reports citing the anti-coronavirus crisis center.

According to the crisis center, the country’s daily coronavirus growth rate has for the first time fallen below 2%, to 1.98%.

8,057 more patients have recovered in the past one day. The total number of recoveries has reached 212,680.

The death toll is 5,528.