The governor of Russia’s Outer Baikal Krai has been diagnosed with COVID-19. 27 provincial governors have been diagnosed.

Russian News Agency on January 4th local time, Alexander Osipov, the governor of the Transbaikal Krai of Russia, was sent to hospital for treatment due to COVID-19.

At present, the first vice chairman of the Transbaikal Krai government is temporarily performing the governorship.

According to the introduction, Osipov felt unwell during the New Year holiday, and was later diagnosed with COVID-19 and quarantined at home, but doctors have now diagnosed that he needs to be hospitalized immediately.

According to the statistics of the Russian News Agency, since the spread of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, 27 officers of Russian provincial administrative units have been diagnosed with COVID-19.