FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks walk near a hospital for patients infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Russia reached 658 on Wednesday, a day after the mayor of Moscow told President Vladimir Putin that the real scale of the problem in the Russian capital far exceeded official figures.
The number of cases in Russia increased by 163 overnight, the biggest one day rise so far, the government's official coronavirus website showed. Most cases, 410, were in Moscow.
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