Russia’s new coronavirus case count approaches peak in May

MOSCOW – Russia reported on Thursday 11,493 new cases of coronavirus, slightly less than the maximum it showed in a day without marrying the pandemic, bringing the overall total to 1260112.

Authorities said another 191 people had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 22,056. Russia showed 11,656 cases, its total in one day, on May 11 (Reporting via Gleb Stolyarov; written via Tom Balmforth; edited via Tothrough Chopra)

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