Russia records higest daily increase in COVID cases

Over the past day, medical experts recorded 37,678 new cases of coronavirus infection in Russia, Report informs referring to Russian media.

The total number of registered cases in the country since the pandemic onset has reached 8,205,983.

To date, a total of 229,528 people died due to COVID-related health complications in Russia, including 1,075 deaths seen over the past day. The number of recoveries is 7,143,137.

Currently, there are 833,318 active cases in the country.

More than 243.83 million people globally have contracted the virus since the onset of the pandemic. The deadly pathogen has claimed over 4.95 million lives, though unable to cope with 220.93 million patients, who managed to recover.