Russia suffers 7,884 new coronavirus cases, 393 fatalities

May 25, 2021 / 7:38 PM

A healthcare worker administers a dose of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine to a patient, at a vaccination centre in Moscow

Sharjah 24 – SPA: Russia on Tuesday reported 7,884 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the national infection tally to 5,017,795 since the pandemic began.

The government coronavirus task force said that 393 people had died, pushing the national death toll to 119,194. The federal statistics agency has kept a separate toll and has said that Russia recorded around 250,000 deaths related to COVID-19 between April 2020 and March 2021, according to Reuters.