Russia's Daily COVID-19 Cases Surge To 5-month High
Faizan Hashmi Published June 24, 2021 | 04:05 PM
Russia logged 20,182 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since Jan. 24, taking the nationwide tally to 5,388,695, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday
MOSCOW, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Jun, 2021 ) :Russia logged 20,182 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since Jan. 24, taking the nationwide tally to 5,388,695, the official monitoring and response center said Thursday.
The national death toll rose by 568 to 131,463 in the past day, while the number of recoveries grew by 13,505 to 4,915,615.
Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 8,598 new cases, taking the city's total to 1,315,841.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said Wednesday that the vaccination rate in the country was rising as more than 16 million people had been fully vaccinated and around 20 million others had received one dose.
According to Golikova, there were no cases of the "Delta plus" variant in Russia.
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