Russian health authorities said on Thursday the country has accounted for its highest-ever number of daily deaths of Covid-19 with 820 fatalities, rising death toll to 179,243.
JUST IN: Russia reports 820 new daily coronavirus deaths, the highest since the pandemic began.
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Some 19,630 people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, pushing the country's caseload to 6.82 million and active cases to 552,479, Russia's coronavirus emergency task force said in a daily report.
Recoveries increased by 19,661 since Wednesday to reach 6.09 million.
Although Russia has a wide range of vaccines, only 23.82% of the country’s population got a jab against COVID-19.
Since December 2019, the pandemic has claimed more than 4.46 million lives in 192 countries and regions, with over 213.9 million cases reported, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University.
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