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Russia says new coronavirus cases at lowest since April 30 – Metro US

Russia says new coronavirus cases at lowest since April 30

FILE PHOTO: Ambulances queue outside the I.I. Dzhanelidze Research Institute
FILE PHOTO: Ambulances queue outside the I.I. Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Saint Petersburg

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Wednesday reported 7,843 new cases of the novel coronavirus, its lowest daily caseload registered since April 30, pushing the nationwide total to 553,301.

Russia’s virus response team said 194 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 7,478 since the crisis began.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Maria Kiselyova)