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Russia reports 4,748 new coronavirus cases

Reuters WORLD
Published August 18,2020
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A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus disease walks on a platform at Kurskaya metro station Moscow on August 13, 2020. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Russia reported 4,748 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, pushing its nationwide tally to 932,493, the fourth largest in the world.

The country's coronavirus crisis response centre said 132 people had died of the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the official coronavirus death toll to 15,872.