Russia recorded an increase of 500 confirmed coronavirus cases overnight, totaling 2,337 cases Tuesday, marking the seventh day in a row Moscow has recorded its biggest spike.
Russia’s uptick comes as lawmakers in Moscow passed a law that would criminalize those who break government-mandated quarantine rules with jail sentences of up to seven years, Reuters reported.
Moscow, the country’s capital city, has been under a partial lockdown since Sunday.
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17 people have died in Russia from coronavirus, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, and 121 have recovered.
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