Moscow: Russia has confirmed 33,946 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 9,536,825, the federal response centre said on Saturday.
“Over the past 24 hours, 33,946 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in 85 regions in Russia, including 2,269 cases (6.7 per cent) without clinical symptoms,” the centre said, adding that the rate of increase was 0.36 per cent.
Moscow registered 3,430 new Covid-19 cases, followed by Saint Petersburg with 1,879 new cases, and the Moscow region with 1,867 new cases.
The response centre reported 1,239 deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the country’s death toll to 271,531.
In the same 24 hours, 36,494 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total of recoveries to 8,237,465.