Coronavirus in Russia: The Latest News | June 12

There have been 511,423 cases of coronavirus infection reported in Russia so far and 6,715 deaths.

June 12: 3 things you need to know today

• Moscow will end its self-isolation orders — including its digital pass system and schedule system for taking walks outside — starting June 9, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. The city also released

  a schedule of which restrictions will be lifted over the next few weeks.

• Almost 60% more people in Moscow have died in May than the city's average toll for the past three years, the city health department said as questions continue to swirl around Russia’s low coronavirus death figures.

• Russia confirmed 8,987 new coronavirus infections Friday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 511,423.

• June 11

  — Russia confirmed 8,779 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 502,436.

  — The first batch of Avifavir, the drug Russia approved to treat coronavirus patients, has been delivered to some Russian hospitals.

  — At least 10 Russian cities have further postponed a landmark military parade meant to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II because of coronavirus fears, the Znak.com news website reported.

  — The head of the World Health Organization's emergencies program has questioned Russia's low coronavirus death rate, saying it is "unusual that the number of deaths relative to the number of confirmed cases is very low."

  — The Kremlin doesn't view Russia's coronavirus mortality data as unusual and Rospotrebnadzor is ready to explain its numbers to the WHO, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

  — Discrepancies in Russia's coronavirus mortality data are caused by the fact that Moscow authorities haven't sent the city's final numbers to the federal headquarters, the RBC news website reported.

  — Russian Railways will resume regular service of its Sapsan high-speed trains between Moscow and St. Petersburg starting June 24.

  — More than 17% of Moscow residents have coronavirus antibodies, deputy mayor Anastasia Rakova said.

  — Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg has a shortage of hospital beds for coronavirus patients, the Fontanka news website reported as patients decried poor conditions at a hastily built temporary hospital.