Popova: 90% of Russians infected with coronavirus became infected abroad

“Today, Russia has 90% of the sick people that we identified here ... who brought ... an infection from abroad ... From the general list, we have 11 people who are sick in Russia, but each of them has very close contact with to those who brought the virus from abroad, ”TASS quoted her on the air of Komsomolskaya Pravda radio.

On March 20, 54 cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in nine regions of Russia.

Thus, the total number of detected cases of coronavirus infection in Russia increased from 199 to 253.

At the same time, in Moscow, according to the latest data, 131 cases of coronavirus infection were registered.