Russia's COVID incidence on rise again

Over the past day, medical experts recorded 20,174 new cases of coronavirus infection in Russia, Report informs referring to Russian media.

The total number of registered cases in the country since the pandemic onset has reached 7,274,928.

To date, a total of 198,218 people died due to COVID-related health complications in Russia, including 793 deaths seen over the past day. The number of recoveries is 6,498,682.

More than 229 million people globally have contracted the virus since the onset of the pandemic. The deadly pathogen has claimed over 4.7 million lives, though unable to cope with 205.6 million patients, who managed to recover.