Russia has reported a record daily rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, a day after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced he had been diagnosed with the new virus and was temporarily stepping down to recover.

The nationwide case tally rose by 7,933 cases and now stood at 114,431, Russia’s coronavirus crisis response centre said.

According to a Reuters report, the centre said 96 people diagnosed with Covid-19 had died in the last 24 hours. The official overall death toll is now 1,169.