“As of April 6, 2020, 230 thousand laboratory tests were carried out for the presence of a new coronavirus in the material from people, including those from countries that were unsuccessful for a new coronavirus infection,” the statement said.

Surveys for the presence of COVID-19 in Moscow are organized at the base of four laboratories of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare and nine laboratories of the Moscow Department of Health.

Earlier, Moscow authorities said that about 1,700 people in the capital are receiving treatment from COVID-19 at home.