On the morning of April 9, Russian officials announced that the country has recorded 1,459 new coronavirus infections in the past day, bringing the nation’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 10,131 patients across 81 different regions. The latest infections were reported in 50 different regions: Moscow (+857), the Moscow region (+199), St. Petersburg (+44), Bryansk (+40), the Komi Republic (+31), the Vladimir region (+24), and Krasnodar Krai (+20).
Another 13 people reportedly died from the disease, raising Russia’s total number of fatalities caused by COVID-19 to 76. Another 118 patients were discharged from the hospital, bringing the number of coronavirus cases in Russia who have fully recovered to 698.
Health officials say Russia has conducted more than 3 million coronavirus tests, since the start of the pandemic.