The number of people confirmed to have the coronavirus in Russia has exceeded 200,000, according to data posted on an official website set up by the country's health authorities.

The total number of cases increased to 209,688 after another 11,012 tests came back positive in the last 24 hours, it showed, with the total number of people dying since the outbreak began remaining relatively low at 1,915.

The trend will likely make the number of Russia's confirmed cases the biggest in Europe in a matter of days.

However, officials have said the daily rate -- which has been over 10,000 for the past seven days – has much to do with aggressive testing.

Russia has so far performed 5.4 million tests.