“Nine patients with confirmed pneumonia and a positive test result for coronavirus have died in Moscow,” the capital's operational headquarters said in a statement.

The day before, it was reported that 14 patients with COVID-19 died in Moscow per day.

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Vladimir Nikiforov - Chief infectious disease specialist of the FMBA of Russia, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the N.N. Pirogov - assessed in an interview with NSN the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.