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Coronavirus cases in Russia have surpassed France and Germany.
It now has the fifth highest number of cases in the world.
The total number of cases on Thursday surpassed 177,000, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
Light is seen in the window of a residential building just before sunrise in Moscow, Russia May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
A couple wearing face masks, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, walks in front of a huge banner for the upcoming 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II that is used to cover a building under renovation in central Moscow on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
On March 31, Russia only reported 2,330 cases. By April 30, there were 106,498.
More than half are in Moscow and Mayor Sergei Sobyanin estimates there's hundreds of thousands more not counted.
Sobyanin told Russia 24 Thursday that based on results from tests, the capital city likely has more than 300,000 cases or 2-2.5% of residents.
That's three times what is officially reported.
"We should never lose optimism. How soon we come out from this situation will largely depend on ourselves, on our discipline. I do not want to predict the future, but my personal opinion is that we will not be able to return to full-fledged life without restrictions soon," the Moscow mayor said.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. (Mayor's official website)
The mayor extended stay-at-home restrictions until May 31 and has required that all residents wear masks and gloves on public transportation.
The only time people can leave their homes is to seek emergency medical aid, travel to work, grocery shop, walk pets and dispose of garbage.
A woman pushes a pram in front of an installation reading "Hero city Moscow" dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
There have been 1,625 coronavirus deaths in Russia, according to the official TASS news agency.
A man jogs in front of the building of the Moscow State University in Moscow on May 7, 2020, amid the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Story with information with Reuters.
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