Russia adds 21,042 COVID-19 cases

Russia logged 21,042 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5,514,599, the official monitoring and response center said Wednesday, reported Xinhua.

The center reported a new record of 669 coronavirus-related fatalities in the past day, raising the national death toll to 135,214, while the number of recoveries grew by 16,356 to 5,000,393.

Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 5,823 new cases, taking the city's total to 1,358,215.

According to official data, 38,773,378 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Russia as of Monday.