Russia sees record daily COVID-19 fatalities for 4th day running

July 16, 2021 / 4:04 PM

A healthcare worker injects a dose of Russia's Sputnik Lite Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination point for foreign people at the Luzhniki stadium in ...

Sharjah 24 – WAM: Russia on Friday reported 799 coronavirus-related deaths, the most in a single day since the pandemic began and the fourth day in a row it has set a record.

Russia is in the grip of a surge in cases that authorities have blamed on the contagious Delta variant and the slow rate of vaccinations. The coronavirus task force confirmed 25,704 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours.

It said the official national COVID-19 case tally now stood at 5,907,999. It said the national death toll had risen to 146,868.

Russia sees record daily COVID-19 fatalities for 4th day running

Sharjah 24 – WAM: Russia on Friday reported 799 coronavirus-related deaths, the most in a single day since the pandemic began and the fourth day in a row it has set a record.

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