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YEREVAN, MAY 18, ARMENPRESS. The number of COVID-19 cases in Russia has risen by 8,926 over the past day and for the first time since May 1 this figure was less than 9,000, TASS reports citing the anti-coronavirus crisis center.

To date, Russia has confirmed 290,678 COVID-19 cases in all regions. The daily growth in cases dropped to a record low of 3.2%, while the corresponding figure a day earlier was 3.6%.

Some 3,557 (40.1%) of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 over the past day in Russia have not shown any symptoms.

Moscow has reported 3,238 new coronavirus cases over the past day, taking the total case tally to 146,062.