Russia reports new record of daily coronavirus cases

A health worker wearing protective gear takes a swab from a man to test for the coronavirus disease at clinic in Moscow, Russia Credit: Reuters Photo

Russia's coronavirus cases rose by 12,846 on Saturday, a new daily record since the start of the outbreak early this year, pushing the overall total number of infections to 1,285,084.

The previous record of 12,126 new cases was registered on Friday.

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Russia's coronavirus crisis center said 197 more deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 22,454.