Over 22,000 new Covid cases registered in Russia for first time since August 14

In the past 24 hours, 22,041 new Covid cases were registered in Russia, which brings the total case count to 7,398,415, says the federal Covid prevention anti-crisis center

In the past 24 hours, 22,041 new Covid cases were registered in Russia, which brings the total case count to 7,398,415, says the federal Covid prevention anti-crisis center, Qazet.az reports citing TASS.

This is a 0.3% relative increase, and this is the first time over 22,000 new cases were registered since August 14, according to the statistics.

In the past 24 hours, 822 people died from COVID-19 in Russia versus 828 one day earlier, bringing the total death toll to 203,095. This is the fifth day in a row with over 800 Covid-related deaths registered.

The relative lethality has increased to 2.75%, according to the statistics.