Russia breaks another coronavirus record
As the scourge of coronavirus continued unabated across the world, Russia has broken its grim coronavirus record with confirmed 11,231 new cases.
Based on record, it was the highest one day figure till date.
This brings the country’s official number of cases to 177,160, making it the fourth worst-hit in Europe.
Russia now has the world’s second-fastest rate of new infections behind the United States.
It is the fifth most-affected country in the world, in terms of infections, now surpassing Germany and France.
Eighty-eight people died over the past 24 hours, bringing the total toll to 1,625, Moscow Times reported.