Coronavirus_ Russia now has second highest virus case total - BBC News

Russia has confirmed 232,000 cases of coronavirus - the second highest toll in the world after the US.<br /><br />In the last 24 hours the country has reported 10,899 infections, the tenth consecutive day that number has been above 10,000.<br /><br />Among the infected is President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, local media report.<br /><br />He is the latest high profile official to test positive, after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin caught the illness.<br /><br />The news comes the day after President Putin eased the country's lockdown. Factory and construction workers returned to work on Tuesday, though Mr Putin gave regions freedom to set restrictions depending on local circumstances.<br />