Russian Interior Ministry reveals the country's leading regions for quarantine violations

Krasnoyarsk Krai, Stavropol Krai, Primorsky Krai, and Dagestan are Russia’s leading regions for violations of quarantine restrictions, Yuri Valyaev, the head of the Russian Interior Ministry’s department for ensuring public order told RIA Novosti. 

These regions have seen the most protocols drawn up for violations, relative to the number of local residents. As such, these numbers are not representative of absolute values for the regions in question, Valyaev underscored.

“Some citizens are demonstrating a lack of responsibility, they are blatantly violating the self-isolation regime, sometimes in large groups, and they are even flaunting it,” Valyaev said. He also noted that the majority of Russian residents are following the restrictions.

• As of May 10, Dagestan was in fifth place among Russia's regions for the most confirmed cases of COVID-19: 2,653 people have been diagnosed with the disease in Dagestan, and 18 have died. The Krasnoyarsk Krai was in sixth place with 1,929 confirmed cases, and 22 deaths. The Stavropol Krai was in 30th place with 1,050 coronavirus patients and 20 deaths, while the Primorsky Krai was in 39th place with 856 confirmed cases and 10 deaths. 

On the morning of May 11, Russian officials announced that the country recorded 11,656 new coronavirus infections in the past day (up 5.5 percent from the day before) bringing the nation’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 221,344 patients. Another 94 people reportedly died from the disease, raising Russia’s total official number of fatalities caused by COVID-19 to 2,009. As many as 39,801 people in Russia are known to have recovered fully, including 5,495 in the past day.