Russia's coronavirus cases pass 250,000, lowest daily rise in almost two weeks

Russia on Thursday reported 9,974 new confirmed novel coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, its lowest daily rise since May 2, bringing its nationwide tally to 252,245 as of Thursday morning at 10:35.

Russia's coronavirus response center said 93 people died overnight, bringing the official death toll to 2,305.

So far, a total of 53,530 patients in the country have recovered from the disease.

According to Russian authorities, the country has conducted over 6.1 million virus tests with 205,000 tests alone in the past 24 hours.