Russia registers new anti-record of coronavirus infection a day

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Russia increased by 40,251 per day, which was a new maximum since the beginning of the pandemic.

Report informs, citing TASS quoting the federal operational headquarters to combat the new infection.

In relative terms, the increase in the number of cases was 0.48%. In total, since the beginning of the pandemic, according to the headquarters, 8,472,797 people have been infected.

The number of deaths due to coronavirus per day increased by 1,160 against 1,163 the day before, totaling 237,380.

The conditional mortality of the disease (the final one can be determined only after the end of the epidemic) remained at 2.8%, following from the data of the headquarters.