“Today, four more health workers confirmed the coronavirus in addition, on the eve of six, the total result for April 16 is 23 people,” RIA Novosti reports.
It is noted that all people in contact with the sick are under the supervision of specialists.
According to the Ministry of Health of the region, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of April 16 in the region was 132.
Earlier, Nikolai Malyshev, MD, an infectious disease doctor, said that the peak of COVID-19 disease in Russia would come in one and a half to two months - in June-July.