With 10,633 new coronavirus cases, Russia surpassed France on Sunday to become the country with the sixth-highest number of COVID-19 infections.<\/p>\n
The number of new infections climbed for the fifth day in a row, with a total to date of 134,687, the country\u2019s emergency team said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Fifty-eight people died over the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,280, while 1,626 people recovered, it said.<\/p>\n
More than 4.1 million tests have been carried out in the country so far in an effort to find COVID-19 infections at an early stage.<\/p>\n
Three top Russian officials were hospitalized this week with the virus, including Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.<\/p>\n
On May 2, a group of scientists from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) published a math-based model under which 99% of cases in Russia will be detected by June 3 and the epidemic should trail off by mid-August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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