Russia's COVID tally nears 3.8M

Medical specialists have identified 19,138 new COVID-19 cases in 85 Russian regions over the past day.

As many as 2,208 or 11.5% of the new cases were asymptomatic, Report informs, citing Russian media.

Overall, the country has reported 3,793,810 coronavirus cases since the pandemic onset.

In the past 24 hours, Russian hospitals discharged 26,775 COVID-19 patients after their full recovery. In total, 3,229,258 Russians have coped with the disease during the epidemic.

Meanwhile, 575 people have succumbed to the pathogen in one day, taking the country's overall COVID-19 death toll to 71,651.