PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKIY (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 21st June, 2020) KAMCHATSKIY, Russia, June 21 (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the country had succeeded in protecting its citizens from the coronavirus pandemic, with Russia's death toll from COVID-19 being among the world's lowest tier.
"Without any doubt, we have generally succeeded to fulfill the task that we set for ourselves � to protect the citizens of Russia from this infection," Putin told the Rossiya 1 broadcaster.
As noted by the president, Russia is at the moment the third country to the United States and Brazil with the highest cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
"As for the number of death � unfortunately, and I offer my condolences to all those who have lost their loved ones � [Russia's] is one of the world's lowest figures," Putin said.
Health authorities in Russia have so far reported 584,680 cases, including 8,111 fatalities and 339,711 recoveries.
