Russia sees surge in new Covid-19 cases with almost 10,000 cases recorded in one day

Russian health officials on Saturday reported 9,623 new cases of coronavirus in a single day, significantly more than the 7,933 rise during the previous 24 hours. The nation’s Covid-19 caseload now stands at 124,054.

The surge may reflect a recent increase in testing in Moscow, which is the part of Russia worst affected by the epidemic. A total of 5,358 new cases were reported in the Russian capital on Saturday, compared to 3,561 on Friday.

Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Saturday that the city has “radically improved” its screening protocols during the past week, putting Moscow among the world leaders in this regard.

“Since April 30, we have doubled the capacity of referral centers that double check earlier tests, which allowed us to analyze and confirm the backlogged results from previous days,” the mayor wrote in his blog. “We also increased the volume of antibodies express testing by 10 times over the past week.”

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Russian officials say there is no reason to believe the tide of the epidemic is anywhere close to been turned however and call on the public to follow social distancing rules. But better testing helps with quarantine measures and allows swiffer medical intervention in more serious cases.

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