Russia's coronavirus cases surpass 145K

Russia confirmed 10,581 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total number to 145,268, Report informs, citing the Operational Headquarters.

1,356 people have died, 18,095 have recovered from the virus.

The majority of Russia's cases are in Moscow – 5,795.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China's Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 212 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases have reached 3,579,478 globally, resulting in 1,158,927 recoveries and 248,445 deaths.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.