A Russian parliamentarian died of COVID-19

According to Russian media reports on the 18th, Valenkin Shurcianov, a member of the Russian State Duma, died of COVID-19 on the same day. Shurcianov was a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the second largest party in the Russian State Duma.

Russian State Duma President Volokin said on Tuesday that 157 Russian parliamentarians have been infected or are contracting the novel coronavirus so far. Five of the MPs have also been infected twice.