MOSCOW, Dec 22 (NNN-TASS) – Russia reported 25,907 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, below 26,000 for the first time since Oct 6, taking its total caseload to 10,267,719, the official monitoring and response centre said, yesterday.
Meanwhile, the national death toll grew by 1,027 to 299,249, while the number of recoveries increased by 40,219 to 9,055,199.
There are currently 913,271 active cases in Russia, and the mortality rate remains at about 2.91 percent, the centre said.
Moscow, Russia’s worst-hit region, reported 1,906 new cases, taking its total caseload to 2,007,616.– NNN-TASS
