Russia confirms more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the country’s official count over 145,200

On the morning of May 4, Russian officials announced that the country recorded 10,581 new coronavirus infections in the past day (there were 10,633 new cases the day before), bringing the nation’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 145,268 patients.

Another 76 people reportedly died from the disease, raising Russia’s total number of fatalities caused by COVID-19 to 1,356. As many as 18,095 people in Russia are known to have fully recovered from the disease, including 1,456 in the past day.

Russia says it’s conducted more than 4.3 million coronavirus tests, so far, including 183,000 in the past day.