Russia's COVID-19 deaths return to record daily highs
- World
- Reuters
- Published Date: 12:15 | 23 September 2021
- Modified Date: 12:15 | 23 September 2021
Russia on Thursday reported 820 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, matching an all-time one-day high that it last reached on Aug. 26.
The government coronavirus task force also said it had recorded 21,438 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the national case tally to 7,354,995 since the pandemic began.
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