Russia's Daily New COVID-19 Cases Exceed 10,000 Again, Setting Another Record (Summary)

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] On the 3rd (local time), the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Russia increased by more than 10,000 in a single day. This surpassed the highest number of confirmed cases ever recorded.

The Russian government's COVID-19 Prevention and Control Headquarters announced that "in the past day, 10,633 additional confirmed cases were reported across 85 regions nationwide, including Moscow," and "the cumulative number of confirmed cases has risen to 134,687."

The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Russia is rapidly increasing as local health authorities conduct large-scale testing, with up to 200,000 tests performed daily.

The number of new confirmed cases on this day increased by more than 1,000 compared to the previous day (9,623), marking the highest figure since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Russia at the end of January.

The headquarters reported that so far, 16,639 of the confirmed cases have recovered, and the total number of tests conducted has increased to 4.1 million. The daily number of tests has been maintained at 200,000.

The headquarters also stated that approximately 50% of the new confirmed cases are asymptomatic infections.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.