MOSCOW, Nov 14 (NNN-TASS) – Russia registered 21,983 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, a record daily increase, as the pandemic worsens in the cold season, the country’s COVID-19 response centre said, yesterday.
The national tally of cases has grown to 1,880,551, including 32,443 deaths and 1,406,903 recoveries, the centre said, in a statement.
Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region, reported 5,974 new cases, over the past day, bringing the city’s total to 497,516.
The Russian capital has imposed a night-time curfew on food and entertainment facilities, and ordered university students, to switch to distance learning.
Large-scale public gatherings for cultural and entertainment events have also been banned.– NNN-TASS
