A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past a figure of a Young Pioneer, a Soviet-era youth organization's member, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Moscow, Russia April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia reported 3,448 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, up from 3,388 the day earlier.

The overall number of cases reached 27,938.

Thirty-four people died in the last 24 hours, which took the national coronavirus death toll to 232, the Russian coronavirus crisis response centre said.