Russia Breaks Daily Coronavirus Deaths Record

[Mary Wilson]

15 hours ago

Russia broke its daily coronavirus deaths record again on Tuesday as the rising toll and the spike in new cases prompt regional response centers to reimpose restrictions that have been absent since the start of the year.

The government tally reported 895 Covid-19 deaths across Russia in the past 24 hours, bringing the official death toll based on daily figures to 211,696 — the highest in Europe.

Russia has now reported all-time high numbers of one-day Covid deaths for six out of the last eight days.

Russia’s Covid information center also reported 25,110 new infections, figures not seen since the height of the last wave of the outbreak in January. Russia is the world’s fifth most affected country by the pandemic with 7.6 million total coronavirus cases.
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https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/...-record-a75214

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[sharon sanders]

and again today.....


Oct. 15: What you need to know today

• Russia on Friday reported a record high number of both new coronavirus cases and deaths. Officials reported 32,196 new coronavirus cases and 999 fatalities from Covid-19 over the last 24 hours.
• Health Minister Mikhail Murashko has called on doctors who are self-isolating or even retired due to the pandemic to get vaccinated and return to work due to record increases in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/10/15/coronavirus-in-russia-the-latest-news-oct-15-a69117

 

[sharon sanders]

bump this

 

[etudiant]

Russia has now crossed the 1000 deaths per day threshold. Just seems an inexorably rising toll, unlike anywhere else.