Russia now has the second-highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide after the United States.
On Tuesday, it reported another 10,899 infections in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to more than 232,000.
The capital, Moscow, is the worst-affected area and has reported more than 5,000 new cases in 24 hours.
Let’s bring you more now on Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who has tested positive for coronavirus.
“Yes, I got sick. I’m being treated,” he was quoted as saying by Russia’s Interfax news agency.
Peskov, 52, didn’t provide any details about how serious his condition was.
It was not immediately clear when Peskov was last in close proximity with President Putin, who has been in self-isolation since April at his residence near Moscow.
That precautionary measure was taken after he visited a Moscow hospital treating Covid-19 patients and met the chief doctor, who shortly afterwards tested positive for the disease.
However, Putin did break his self-isolation for a day on 9 May to celebrate Victory Day in Moscow.
In late April, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin went to hospital after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.
