COVID-19 deaths in Russia hit another daily record
Russia says 780 people died from coronavirus-related causes over the past 24 hours, the highest number of fatalities confirmed in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic, RFE/RL reported on Tuesday.
The number of newly registered cases reached 24,702 nationwide for the same period, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported, bringing the total number of cases to 5.7 million. The overall coronavirus death toll stands at 144,492.
Critics, however, say the actual numbers of both infections and deaths are likely much higher due to the misreporting of some deaths and the intentional hiding of others.
Russia is struggling with a spike in cases that health officials have blamed on the contagious delta variant and a lagging vaccination campaign.