OREANDA-NEWS. Russia bypassed Britain and Italy and rose to third place in the world in the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection. This is evidenced by the calculations of the Russian media on the basis of official statements by the authorities in countries where there have been cases of infection.

According to the latest data, the number of people infected in Russia reached 221,344. In the UK, authorities reported 219,183 infected people, in Italy - about 219,070. Great Britain and Italy have not yet published data for Monday. Now Spain takes the second place (224,390 cases), the first is the United States, where almost 1.4 million people are infected.