Russia confirms 8,164 new daily COVID-19 cases

Russia has registered 8,164 new confirmed COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the total count to 4,718,854 cases, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told journalists on Tuesday.

According to the crisis center, the relative increase of new infections is at the level of 0.17%.

Coronavirus cases in Moscow grew by 1,996 in the past twenty-four hours to 1,068,048, the federal anti-coronavirus crisis center reported.

The coronavirus growth rate in the Russian capital equaled 0.19%. A day before, Moscow reported 2,279 new coronavirus infections.

Fifty-six patients died of the novel coronavirus infection in Moscow in the past twenty-four hours, bringing fatalities in the Russian capital to 17,754, the latest data show.

A total of 1,583 patients recovered from the novel coronavirus in Moscow in the past twenty-four hours, bringing total recoveries to 974,229. Currently, 76,065 people continue treatment for the novel coronavirus in the Russian capital, TASS reported.