“Today, the Minister of Housing and Public Utilities Mishin confirmed the diagnosis of coronavirus infection,” the press service said.

According to the latest data, 1246 cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in the Samara region, 194 people recovered, nine died.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Education and Science Valery Falkov at a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that he had recovered from COVID-19 and started to work.