Russia's new coronavirus cases below 10,000 for third day in a row

Russia’s coronavirus taskforce says 91 people had died overnight

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday reported 8,926 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, pushing its nationwide case tally to 290,678.

Russia sees new 10,000+ growth in coronavirus cases

The daily rise in cases was for the third day in a row below 10,000, a threshold that it has been above for much of May.

Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 91 people had died overnight, bringing the death toll to 2,722.