A municipal worker wearing a protective suit disinfects an office building in Moscow, on May 1, 2020 during a partial lockdown amid the COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Vasily MAXIMOV
MOSCOW: Russia reported 9,623 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, its highest daily rise, bringing the total to 124,054.
The nationwide death toll rose to 1,222 after 57 people died in the last 24 hours, Russia's coronavirus crisis response centre said, after revising the previous day's tally. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
