Russia’s coronavirus case tally nears 70,000

Sixty people with the virus died overnight, pushing the death toll to 615, Russia’s official crisis response center said. Above, a patient at the intensive care ward of Moscow’s K+31 private hospital on April 20, 2020. (AFP)

• Sixty people with the virus died overnight, pushing the death toll to 615

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday reported 5,849 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing its nationwide tally to 68,622.
Sixty people with the virus died overnight, pushing the death toll to 615, Russia’s official crisis response center said.