Putin's spokesman infected with COVID-19

Russia's presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has announced he tested positive for coronavirus.

The spokesman has been hospitalized, Report's Russian bureau informs.

Russia confirmed 10,899 new coronavirus infections Tuesday, bringing the country's official number of cases to 232,243.

Russia is now the third most-affected country in terms of infections and has the world's second-fastest rate of new infections behind the United States.