Russia confirms 33 new coronavirus cases, bringing total number of known infections to 147

On March 18, Russian health officials announced that they recorded 33 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, bringing the country's number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 147.

Of the latest coronavirus infections, 31 were confirmed in Moscow, one in the Tomsk region, and one in the Novosibirsk region.

A day earlier, on March 16, Russia recorded 21 new cases of coronavirus.