Russia records highest daily virus death toll

MOSCOW: Russian authorities have reported 652 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, the highest daily tally in the pandemic. The new record comes as Russia struggles to cope with a surge in infections and deaths and low vaccine uptake. Russia’s state coronavirus task force has been registering over 20,000 new coronavirus cases and around 600 deaths […]

Russia confirms record 11,656 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

MOSCOW: Russia has reported a record 11,656 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 221,344, the country’s coronavirus response centre said on Monday. The more than 10,000 single-day increase has now entered the ninth day, Xinhua news agency. The death toll grew by 94 to 2,009, while […]

Coronavirus cases in Russia surge past 100,000

MOSCOW: Coronavirus cases in Russia surged past 100,000 on Thursday, the government said, with an increase of 7,099 confirmed infections in the last 24 hours. Russia has so far recorded 106,498 cases and 1,073 deaths from the virus, the government’s coronavirus information site said in a daily update.