Russia registers 19,454 new Covid-19 cases, 776 deaths in past 24 hours - HQ
MOSCOW. Aug 23 (Interfax) - Russia has registered 19,454 new cases of Covid-19 and 776 related deaths in the past 24 hours, the coronavirus response headquarters said in a statement on Monday.
"Over the past day, 19,454 Covid-19 cases were confirmed in 84 regions of Russia, including 1,603 asymptomatic cases identified proactively (8.2%)," the headquarters said.
According to the headquarters, daily coronavirus morbidity has decreased to the lowest level since the end of June.
According to the headquarters, Moscow reported 1,458 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, which is the same as in late March 2021.
In the past 24 hours, 776 patients have died from Covid-19, as compared to 762 on Sunday. The most deaths were registered in Moscow (53), St. Petersburg (38), and the Krasnodar Territory (34).
As many as 15,401 patients have recovered from Covid-19 over the past day, including 2,006 in Moscow.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic in Russia, it has registered a total of 6,766,541 cases of Covid-19, including 176,820 deaths and 6,034,867 recoveries.
Russian consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Monday that Russia has performed more than 175.5 million Covid-19 diagnostic tests to date, including 375,000 over the past day. As many as 1,264,213 people remain under medical observation.
