A U.S. Air Force plane delivered a first batch of medical aid including 50 ventilators to
Russia on Thursday to help it cope with a rising number of
Coronavirus cases and deaths.
Russia's case tally, the world's second highest, rose to 317,554 on Thursday after 8,849 new infections were reported, while the death toll climbed past the 3,000 mark after 127 people died in the previous 24 hours.
At 3,099, Russia's death toll is much lower than many European countries however, something that has sparked debate about the methods it uses to count fatalities.