Coronavirus Update: Infections surge in Russia, its PM tests positive

Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Russia surged Friday as Russian President Vladimir Putin said a phased lockdown might begin in two weeks.

The Russian government reported 7,933 new cases Friday, the highest single-day confirmed case number thus far, bringing the case total to 114,431. There were also 96 new deaths reported Friday, which brought the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 to 1,169, according to the Russian government coronavirus tracker. The country has also seen 13,220 total recoveries.

Putin said Tuesday that the country could begin a phased easing of the lockdown measures implemented to slow the spread of the virus in two weeks, even while acknowledging that the country has yet to see the virus peak.

“We are now nearing a new, perhaps the most intense, stage in the fight against the pandemic,” Putin said in an address to Russians on April 28 after extending lockdown measures to May 11. The phased exit is set to begin the following day “depending on the epidemiological situation” in the country.Ads by scrollerads.com

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that he tested positive for the novel coronavirus on a nationally televised videoconference call with Putin on April 30.

“It has just now became known that the coronavirus test I gave came back positive. I have to observe self-isolation and follow orders of doctors. This is necessary to protect my colleagues,” Mishustin said to Putin during the televised call.

While he said he would remain in contact with government officials during quarantine, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov was named the acting prime minister while the 54-year-old Mishustin recovers, according to the Kommersant, a Russian newspaper.

“What’s happening to you can happen to anyone, and I’ve always been saying this,” Putin told Mishustin on the call – adding, “You are a very active person. I would like to thank you for the work that has been done so far.”

Moscow has been the hardest hit city in Russia with 57,300 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 658 deaths. The city has also seen 50,876 recoveries.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said he feels city residents are not taking the novel coronavirus pandemic seriously enough and that many people are violating the lockdown restrictions in place even while the city is not even hallway through the pandemic, according to a BBC report.

“If we see things are getting better, then of course we will reduce the restrictions. But until that happens, you need to be courageous and patient. It’s very important for you and your health,” Sobyann said.

The BBC also reports that Russian officials fear more people will subvert lockdown orders as the weather warms throughout the country.

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Update

Reported Cases and Deaths by Country, Territory, or Conveyance

Country, Other	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Total Recovered	Active Cases	Serious, Critical	Tot Cases/ 1M pop	Deaths/ 1M pop	Total Tests	Tests/ 1M pop
World	3,401,002	+2,529	239,602	+154	1,081,599	2,079,801	51,355	436	30.7
USA	1,131,452	+422	65,776	+23	161,563	904,113	16,481	3,418	199	6,699,878	20,241
Spain	242,988		24,824		142,450	75,714	2,500	5,197	531	1,528,833	32,699
Italy	207,428		28,236		78,249	100,943	1,578	3,431	467	2,053,425	33,962
UK	177,454		27,510		N/A	149,600	1,559	2,614	405	1,023,824	15,082
France	167,346		24,594		50,212	92,540	3,878	2,564	377	1,100,228	16,856
Germany	164,077		6,736		126,900	30,441	2,189	1,958	80	2,547,052	30,400
Turkey	122,392		3,258		53,808	65,326	1,480	1,451	39	1,075,048	12,747
Russia	114,431		1,169		13,220	100,042	2,300	784	8	3,700,000	25,354
Iran	95,646		6,091		76,318	13,237	2,899	1,139	73	475,023	5,656
Brazil	92,202	+93	6,412	+2	38,039	47,751	8,318	434	30	339,552	1,597
China	82,875	+1	4,633		77,685	557	37	58	3
Canada	55,061		3,391		22,751	28,919	557	1,459	90	832,222	22,050
Belgium	49,032		7,703		11,892	29,437	740	4,231	665	253,198	21,847
Peru	40,459		1,124		11,129	28,206	658	1,227	34	342,498	10,388
Netherlands	39,791		4,893		N/A	34,648	735	2,322	286	225,899	13,184
India	37,257		1,223		10,007	26,027		27	0.9	902,654	654
Switzerland	29,705		1,754		23,900	4,051	167	3,432	203	271,500	31,371
Ecuador	26,336		1,063		1,913	23,360	149	1,493	60	71,950	4,078
Portugal	25,351		1,007		1,647	22,697	154	2,486	99	409,961	40,205
Saudi Arabia	24,097		169		3,555	20,373	117	692	5	326,955	9,392
Sweden	21,520		2,653		1,005	17,862	531	2,131	263	119,500	11,833
Ireland	20,833		1,265		13,386	6,182	123	4,219	256	153,954	31,179
Mexico	20,739	+1,515	1,972	+113	12,377	6,390	378	161	15	91,188	707
Pakistan	18,114	+22	417		4,715	12,982	111	82	2	193,859	878
Singapore	17,101		16		1,268	15,817	23	2,923	3	143,919	24,600
Chile	17,008		234		9,018	7,756	392	890	12	189,433	9,910
Israel	16,101		225		9,156	6,720	103	1,860	26	364,467	42,108
Austria	15,531		589		13,110	1,832	124	1,724	65	264,079	29,321
Belarus	14,917		93		2,918	11,906	92	1,579	10	186,262	19,712
Japan	14,305		455		2,975	10,875	328	113	4	174,150	1,377
Qatar	14,096		12		1,436	12,648	72	4,893	4	97,726	33,920
Poland	13,105		651		3,491	8,963	160	346	17	354,628	9,370
UAE	13,038		111		2,543	10,384	1	1,318	11	1,200,000	121,330
Romania	12,567		744		4,328	7,495	249	653	39	183,688	9,548
Ukraine	10,861		272		1,413	9,176	143	248	6	118,545	2,711
S. Korea	10,780	+6	250	+2	9,123	1,407	55	210	5	623,069	12,153
Indonesia	10,551		800		1,591	8,160		39	3	102,305	374
Denmark	9,311		460		6,729	2,122	61	1,608	79	206,576	35,665
Serbia	9,205		185		1,379	7,641	65	1,054	21	91,551	10,478
Philippines	8,772		579		1,084	7,109	31	80	5	108,680	992
Bangladesh	8,238		170		174	7,894	1	50	1	70,239	426
Norway	7,783		210		32	7,541	37	1,436	39	172,586	31,835
Czechia	7,737		240		3,372	4,125	67	722	22	249,634	23,311
Dominican Republic	7,288		313		1,387	5,588	144	672	29	25,368	2,339
Colombia	7,006		314		1,551	5,141	118	138	6	104,657	2,057
Australia	6,767		93		5,745	929	28	265	4	588,868	23,093
Panama	6,720	+188	192	+4	622	5,906	85	1,557	44	31,895	7,392
Malaysia	6,071		103		4,210	1,758	37	188	3	168,784	5,215
South Africa	5,951		116		2,382	3,453	36	100	2	217,522	3,668
Egypt	5,895		406		1,460	4,029		58	4	90,000	879
Finland	5,051		218		3,000	1,833	49	912	39	97,600	17,615
Morocco	4,569		171		1,083	3,315	1	124	5	37,006	1,003
Argentina	4,532		225		1,292	3,015	157	100	5	61,530	1,361
Kuwait	4,377		30		1,602	2,745	70	1,025	7	179,000	41,915
Algeria	4,154		453		1,821	1,880	22	95	10	6,500	148
Moldova	3,980		122		1,272	2,586	237	987	30	11,763	2,916
Luxembourg	3,802		92		3,213	497	23	6,074	147	44,895	71,720
Kazakhstan	3,597		25		922	2,650	40	192	1	268,534	14,301
Bahrain	3,170		8		1,555	1,607	1	1,863	5	134,082	78,799
Thailand	2,960		54		2,719	187	61	42	0.8	178,083	2,551
Hungary	2,863		323		609	1,931	49	296	33	76,331	7,901
Greece	2,612		140		1,374	1,098	36	251	13	77,251	7,412
Oman	2,447		11		495	1,941	17	479	2	40,459	7,923
Afghanistan	2,335		68		310	1,957	7	60	2	10,593	272
Nigeria	2,170		68		351	1,751	2	11	0.3	15,759	76
Iraq	2,153		94		1,414	645		54	2	95,399	2,372
Armenia	2,148		33		977	1,138	10	725	11	22,177	7,484
Uzbekistan	2,086		9		1,212	865	8	62	0.3	242,536	7,247
Croatia	2,085		75		1,421	589	17	508	18	36,917	8,993
Ghana	2,074		17		212	1,845	4	67	0.5	113,497	3,653
Azerbaijan	1,854		25		1,365	464	17	183	2	146,630	14,462
Cameroon	1,832		61		934	837	12	69	2
Iceland	1,798		10		1,689	99		5,269	29	49,135	143,988
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,781		70		755	956	4	543	21	32,178	9,808
Estonia	1,694		52		253	1,389	7	1,277	39	53,767	40,532
Bulgaria	1,555		68		276	1,211	43	224	10	46,510	6,694
Cuba	1,537		64		714	759	10	136	6	49,409	4,362
Guinea	1,537		7		342	1,188		117	0.5
North Macedonia	1,494		81		807	606	13	717	39	16,798	8,063
New Zealand	1,485	+6	20	+1	1,263	202	1	308	4	145,589	30,191
Slovenia	1,434		92		233	1,109	22	690	44	52,948	25,469
Slovakia	1,403		23		558	822	5	257	4	91,072	16,681
Lithuania	1,399		45		594	760	17	514	17	132,768	48,771
Ivory Coast	1,333		15		597	721		51	0.6	10,073	382
Bolivia	1,229	+62	66	+4	134	1,029	3	105	6	5,791	496
Djibouti	1,097		2		672	423		1,110	2	13,751	13,918
Hong Kong	1,040		4		859	177	4	139	0.5	154,989	20,674
Senegal	1,024		9		356	659	1	61	0.5	466	28
Tunisia	998		41		316	641	24	84	3	23,526	1,991
Latvia	870		16		348	506	2	461	8	61,120	32,404
Cyprus	857		15		296	546	15	710	12	60,536	50,139
Honduras	804		75		112	617	10	81	8	3,643	368
Albania	782		31		488	263	4	272	11	8,498	2,953
Kyrgyzstan	756		8		504	244	12	116	1	51,472	7,889
Andorra	745		43		468	234	17	9,642	557	1,673	21,653
Lebanon	729		24		192	513	44	107	4	36,420	5,336
Niger	728		33		478	217		30	1	5,230	216
Costa Rica	725		6		355	364	7	142	1	13,529	2,656
Diamond Princess	712		13		645	54	4
Sri Lanka	690		7		162	521	1	32	0.3	22,418	1,047
Burkina Faso	649		44		517	88		31	2
Uruguay	648		17		435	196	10	187	5	20,554	5,917
Guatemala	644	+45	16		72	556	5	36	0.9	7,200	402
DRC	604		32		75	497		7	0.4
Somalia	601		28		31	542	2	38	2
San Marino	580		41		82	457	5	17,094	1,208	2,386	70,319
Georgia	566		7		207	352	6	142	2	15,904	3,987
Mayotte	539		4		235	300	4	1,976	15	3,000	10,996
Channel Islands	538		41		406	91		3,094	236	5,342	30,725
Sudan	533	+91	36	+5	46	451		12	0.8
Mali	508		26		196	286		25	1	2,172	107
Maldives	491		1		17	473	2	908	2	8,008	14,815
Tanzania	480		16		167	297	7	8	0.3
Malta	467		4		383	80	1	1,058	9	32,989	74,713
Jordan	459		8		364	87	5	45	0.8	78,885	7,731
Jamaica	432	+10	8		31	393	1	146	3	4,779	1,614
Taiwan	429		6		324	99		18	0.3	63,340	2,659
El Salvador	424		10		124	290	2	65	2	25,492	3,930
Réunion	422				300	122	2	471
Kenya	411		21		150	240	2	8	0.4	21,702	404
Palestine	353		2		76	275		69	0.4	32,200	6,312
Venezuela	335		10		148	177	2	12	0.4	458,737	16,132
Paraguay	333	+67	10		115	208	5	47	1	10,342	1,450
Mauritius	332		10		312	10	3	261	8	16,028	12,603
Montenegro	322		7		233	82	2	513	11	6,864	10,929
Isle of Man	316		22		271	23	21	3,716	259	3,228	37,962
Equatorial Guinea	315		1		9	305		225	0.7	854	609
Gabon	276		3		67	206	1	124	1	724	325
Vietnam	270				219	51	8	3		261,004	2,681
Guinea-Bissau	257		1		19	237		131	0.5	1,500	762
Rwanda	249				109	140		19		10,969	847
Congo	229		9		25	195		41	2
Faeroe Islands	187				184	3		3,827		7,081	144,915
Martinique	179		14		83	82	5	477	37
Liberia	152		18		45	89		30	4
Guadeloupe	152		12		95	45	6	380	30
Myanmar	151		6		31	114		3	0.1	8,281	152
Gibraltar	144				131	13		4,274		2,626	77,944
Brunei	138		1		124	13	2	315	2	13,717	31,355
Sierra Leone	136		7		21	108		17	0.9
Ethiopia	133		3		66	64		1	0.03	18,754	163
Madagascar	132				94	38	1	5		3,228	117
French Guiana	128		1		98	29	2	429	3
Togo	123		9		66	48		15	1	7,100	858
Cabo Verde	122		1		18	103		219	2	791	1,423
Cambodia	122				120	2	1	7		12,222	731
Trinidad and Tobago	116		8		83	25		83	6	1,838	1,313
Bermuda	114		6		48	60	4	1,831	96	2,791	44,815
Zambia	109		3		74	32	1	6	0.2	5,284	287
Eswatini	106		1		12	93		91	0.9	714	615
Aruba	100		2		81	17	4	937	19	1,721	16,119
Monaco	95		4		73	18	1	2,421	102
Benin	90		2		42	46		7	0.2
Haiti	85		8		10	67		7	0.7	848	74
Uganda	85				52	33		2		33,818	739
Bahamas	82	+1	11		24	47	1	209	28	1,313	3,339
Guyana	82		9		22	51	2	104	11	579	736
Liechtenstein	82		1		55	26		2,151	26	900	23,605
Barbados	81		7		39	35	4	282	24	2,160	7,516
Mozambique	79				12	67		3		2,246	72
Sint Maarten	76		13		44	19	7	1,773	303	329	7,673
Cayman Islands	74		1		10	63	3	1,126	15	1,927	29,320
Chad	73		5		33	35		4	0.3
CAR	72				10	62		15
Libya	63		3		18	42		9	0.4	1,949	284
Nepal	59				16	43		2		60,374	2,072
French Polynesia	58				51	7	1	206		2,599	9,252
Macao	45				37	8	1	69
South Sudan	45					45		4		1,247	111
Syria	44		3		27	14		3	0.2
Zimbabwe	40		4		5	31		3	0.3	7,642	514
Eritrea	39				26	13		11
Saint Martin	38		3		27	8	3	983	78
Mongolia	38				10	28		12		7,672	2,340
Malawi	37		3		9	25	1	2	0.2	831	43
Angola	30		2		11	17		0.9	0.06	481	15
Antigua and Barbuda	25		3		15	7	1	255	31	151	1,542
Timor-Leste	24				16	8		18		322	244
Botswana	23		1		8	14		10	0.4	7,675	3,264
Grenada	20				13	7	4	178		1,406	12,495
Laos	19				8	11		3		2,021	278
Belize	18		2		13	3	1	45	5	1,043	2,623
Fiji	18				12	6		20		1,007	1,123
New Caledonia	18				17	1	1	63		4,947	17,328
Saint Lucia	17				15	2		93		446	2,429
Curaçao	16		1		13	2		98	6	351	2,139
Sao Tome and Principe	16		1		4	11		73	5	19	87
Dominica	16				13	3		222		383	5,320
Namibia	16				8	8		6		704	277
St. Vincent Grenadines	16				8	8		144		108	973
Saint Kitts and Nevis	15				8	7		282		294	5,526
Tajikistan	15					15		2
Nicaragua	14		3		7	4		2	0.5
Falkland Islands	13				13	0		3,736		372	106,897
Gambia	12		1		8	3		5	0.4	401	166
Turks and Caicos	12		1		5	6		310	26	83	2,144
Burundi	11		1		4	6		0.9	0.08	284	24
Montserrat	11		1		2	8	1	2,204	200	36	7,212
Greenland	11				11	0		194		1,271	22,389
Vatican City	11				2	9		13,733
Seychelles	11				6	5		112
Suriname	10		1		8	1		17	2	404	689
MS Zaandam	9		2			7
Mauritania	8		1		6	1		2	0.2	1,032	222
Papua New Guinea	8					8		0.9		604	68
Yemen	7		2		1	4		0.2	0.07	120	4
Bhutan	7				5	2		9		10,101	13,091
British Virgin Islands	6		1		3	2		198	33
Caribbean Netherlands	6					6		229		110	4,195
St. Barth	6				6	0		607
Western Sahara	6				5	1		10
Anguilla	3				3	0		200
Comoros	1					1		1
Saint Pierre Miquelon	1					1		173
Total:	3,401,002	+2,529	239,602	+154	1,081,599	2,079,801	51,355	436.3	30.7

Source : Worldometers