The United States remains the worst-hit country, confirming over 1.4 million cases and around 85,000 fatalities from COVID-19.
In the meantime, Russia has surpassed the United Kingdom in terms of infections, occupying second place in the list of most affected countries. However, the nation has one of the lowest death tolls among countries hit by the virus, with only 2,305 fatalities. Great Britain, meanwhile, has reported 33,693 deaths from the coronavirus.
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The global pandemic is still ongoing, with around 4,500,000 infected and over 300,000 fatalities globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Number of Infected in Russia Spikes to 262,843
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has registered 10,598 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours (9,974 yesterday), with the total count now reaching 262,843, the national coronavirus response centre said on Friday.
Prior to that, the country's daily increase in COVID-19 cases fell for three days in a row.
"Over the past 24 hours, 10,598 COVID-19 cases have been registered in 85 regions. Of these, 4,504 (or 42.5 percent) have been detected with people showing no clinical symptoms", the centre said in a statement.
This brings the total tally to 262,843 (+4.2 percent) in 85 regions across Russia.
Of the new cases, 4,748 were registered in Moscow, 945 in the Moscow Region, and 541 in St. Petersburg (compared to yesterday's 4,712, 918, and 460, respectively).
The country's COVID-19 death toll has increased by 113 (93 yesterday) to 2,418.
As many as 4,696 COVID-19 patients have recovered in Russia over the past 24 hours (5,527 yesterday), bringing the total number of cured people to 58,226. - 07:34
Chinese Health Commission Refutes Claims of Denying WHO Access to Wuhan Laboratory
BEIJING, May 15 (Sputnik) - China has never received any request from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to attend any laboratory in the country, therefore claims about China's denial of access to the laboratory in Wuhan are not true, the ombudsman of the international affairs department of China's National Health Commission said on Friday.
"The WHO has never sent any request to attend any lab, so claims of our denial to the WHO access to Wuhan are not true", Li Mingzhu said at a briefing, when asked whether China has denied access to the Wuhan laboratory. - 06:56
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Over 6.4Mln COVID-19 Tests Conducted in Russia
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Over 6.4 million tests to detect COVID-19 have been conducted in Russia since the beginning of the outbreak, and 256,000 people across the country remain under medical observation as suspected carriers, the national public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Friday.
"Over 6.4 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in the Russian Federation. As many as 256,000 people are under medical observation", Rospotrebnadzor said.
A total of 225,000 tests have been conducted in the past 24 hours, the watchdog specified.
Russia has confirmed over 252,000 COVID-19 cases so far. The daily increase in the number of coronavirus patients has been dropping over the past three days. - 06:18
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Uzbekistan Extends COVID-19 Quarantine Until 1 June, Opens Parks and Museums
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Mexico Registers Record 2,409 New COVID-19 Cases Within Past 24 Hours
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Germany Records 913 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Tops 173,000
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London Shows Decline in New Infections, Sufficient for Lockdown Ease, Research Says
The number of people becoming infected with coronavirus each day in London has fallen to 24, Public Health England and the University of Cambridge's MRC Biostatistics Unit stated.
The reproductive rate of the virus across England is now around 0.75, while, according to the cabinet, a rate of 1.0 or below is a requirement for the continued easing of lockdown measures in the coming weeks.
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