Russia's COVID-19 Deaths Climb To New Pandemic High

Russia's COVID-19 deaths climb to new pandemic high

MOSCOW, (Pakistan Point News - 02nd Jul, 2021) Russia reported 679 COVID-19 deaths on Friday, the most confirmed in a single day since the pandemic began, amid a surge in cases that authorities blame on the Delta variant.

The government coronavirus taskforce also confirmed 23,218 new infections in the last 24 hours, including 6,893 in Moscow, pushing the national case total to 5,561,360.