Russia has recorded the highest number of coronavirus victims in the last 24 hours. According to data from the National Center for Anticoronavirus Operations, 697 people have lost their lives from Covid-19 in Russia. This is the highest number of casualties since the beginning of the pandemic and the fifth day in a row that a new record of daily deaths is achieved.
Over the past day, 24,439 new Covid cases were detected, the highest since January 15th.
According to official data, 5,585,799 cases of Covid have been registered in Russia since the beginning of the epidemic.