Russia on Saturday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll for a third day running.
A government tally showed 819 fatalities over the past 24 hours and 22,144 new cases.
The new figures bring Russia’s total fatalities from COVID-19 to 169,683, the highest death toll in Europe. The figure only takes into account deaths where the virus was established as the primary cause of death after an autopsy.
Meanwhile, a statistics agency Rosstat said that Russia has seen more than 300,000 fatalities as of the end of June.
Russia, the fourth worst-hit country in the world in terms of cases, has since mid-June been hit by a new wave of infections driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant. The country continues to struggle with the Delta variant amid sluggish vaccination rates.
A government tally showed 819 fatalities over the past 24 hours and 22,144 new cases.
The new figures bring Russia’s total fatalities from COVID-19 to 169,683, the highest death toll in Europe. The figure only takes into account deaths where the virus was established as the primary cause of death after an autopsy.
Meanwhile, a statistics agency Rosstat said that Russia has seen more than 300,000 fatalities as of the end of June.
Russia, the fourth worst-hit country in the world in terms of cases, has since mid-June been hit by a new wave of infections driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant. The country continues to struggle with the Delta variant amid sluggish vaccination rates.
