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Russia records 28,209 new COVID-19 cases

Published : 19 Dec 2020, 21:52

  DF News Desk
A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 16, 2020. File Photo: Xinhua.

Russia confirmed 28,209 coronavirus cases over the past day, taking the total number of infections to 2,819,429, reported Xinhua, quoting the country's official COVID-19 monitoring and response center Saturday.

Moscow registered 6,459 new coronavirus cases, bringing the capital's total to 728,637.

Another 26,109 patients have recovered from the coronavirus infection over the previous day, taking the cumulative number of those recovered to 2,254,742.

The country's COVID-19 death toll increased by 585 to 50,347.

So far, over 85.4 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted across the country.