By Reuters
MOSCOW - Cases of the coronavirus in Russia climbed to 353,427 on Monday, having risen by 8,946 in the past 24 hours, the country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said.
A medical specialist wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) works in the hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov, which delivers treatment to patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia May 23, 2020. (Kirill Zykov/Moscow News Agency/Handout via REUTERS/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN)
It said the number of fatalities had risen by 92 overnight, taking the overall nationwide death toll from the virus to 3,633.