Russia reports over 23,500 daily COVID-19 cases, a new high since mid-January

16:22, 1 July, 2021

YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS. Russia confirmed 23,543 COVID-19 cases over the past day, a new high since January 17, bringing the total caseload to 5,538,142, TASS reports citing the anti-coronavirus crisis center.

In relative terms the number of coronavirus cases grew by 0.43%.

Moscow confirmed 7,597 new COVID-19 cases. Some 2,663 COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Moscow Region, 1,612 in St. Petersburg, 378 in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, 320 in the Bryansk Region and 319 in the Republic of Buryatia.

The number of the so-called active cases or patients who are undergoing treatment now has reached 384,935. This is a record high since February 17.

Russia’s coronavirus fatalities grew by 672 in the past 24 hours compared to 669 deaths confirmed a day earlier. This is the highest number since the start of the pandemic.

According to the crisis center, 135,886 people have died nationwide so far. The conditional mortality rate stands at 2.45%.

Russia’s coronavirus recoveries grew by 16,928 in the past 24 hours reaching 5,017,321.

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