Russia's coronavirus cases overtook French and German infections on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise, and Moscow's mayor said the real figure, not captured by official statistics, was much higher.
The official tally surged to 177,160, meaning Russia now has more registered cases than Germany or France, as the number of new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped by 11,231 in the past 24 hours.
More than half of all cases and deaths are in Moscow, the epicenter of Russia's outbreak. On Thursday, it reported a record overnight increase of 6,703 new cases, bringing its official total to 92,676.