Russia has reported 799 coronavirus deaths, the most in a single day since the pandemic began.
Russia has reported 799 coronavirus-related deaths, the most in a single day since the pandemic began and the fourth day in a row it has set a record.
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Russia is in the grip of a surge in cases that authorities have blamed on the contagious Delta variant and the slow rate of vaccinations.
The coronavirus task force on Friday confirmed 25,704 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours.
It said the official national COVID-19 case tally now stood at 5,907,999. It said the national death toll had risen to 146,868.
The federal statistics agency has kept a separate count and said Russia recorded around 290,000 deaths related to COVID-19 from April 2020 to May 2021.
Australian Associated Press
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