In Russia there was a new record of deaths from complications attributable to Covid. The Moscow Times reports it underlining that 890 coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours. This is the highest death toll recorded in a single day since the start of the pandemic.
The task force commissioned by the Russian government to monitor the progress of the coronavirus pandemic in the country also said it had registered 25,769 new cases in the last 24 hours.