MOSCOW, Jan 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russia registered 22,857 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 3,591,066, the country’s COVID-19 response center said in a statement Monday.
It said that 471 new deaths were reported, taking the nationwide count to 66,037.
According to the statement, 2,978,764 people have so far recovered, including 18,333 recoveries over the past day.
Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region, reported 3,679 new cases, taking its tally of infections to 895,327, the response center said. — NNN-XINHUA