Russia confirms 54 new coronavirus cases, bringing total number of known infections to 253
On March 20, Russian health officials announced that they recorded 54 new cases of coronavirus in the previous 24 hours, bringing the country's number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 253. A day earlier, on March 19, Russia recorded 52 new cases of coronavirus. However, while only 12 new cases were recorded in Moscow on March 19, 33 confirmed cases were added on March 20. Outside Moscow, new infections were recorded in the following regions: six in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), four in St.