Russia's COVID tally nears 20.8M

Over the past day, medical experts recorded 46,758 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 20,792,921.

To date, a total of 386,757 people died due to COVID-related health complications in Russia, including 95 deaths seen over the past day. The number of recoveries is 19,756,507.

Currently, there are 649,657 active cases in the country.

More than 620.14 million people globally have contracted the virus since the onset of the pandemic. The deadly pathogen has claimed over 6.54 million lives, though unable to cope with 600.1 million patients, who managed to recover.