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Russia adds 24,072 COVID-19 infections

Published : 25 Jul 2021, 22:37

  DF News Desk
A woman wearing a face mask rides the subway in Moscow, Russia, on July 14, 2021. File Photo: Xinhua.

Russia recorded 24,072 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 6,126,541, the official monitoring and response center said Sunday, reported Xinhua.

The nationwide death toll grew by 779 to 153,874, while the number of recoveries increased by 18,678 to 5,490,634.

Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 3,406 new cases, taking the city's total to 1,488,078.

More than 162 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted across the country.