Russia records 815 COVID deaths per day

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, 815 deaths due to coronavirus have been registered in Russia, bringing the total death toll to 168,864, according to the federal operational headquarters to combat the novel disease, Report informs referring to RIA Novosti.

This is while the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Russia has increased by 22,277 over the past day, to 6,557,068.