Russia confirms 15,772 new COVID-19 cases, 828 deaths over past 24 hours

Russia confirms 15,772 new COVID-19 cases, 828 deaths over past 24 hours

MOSCOW, 5th January, 2022 – Russia has confirmed 15,772 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,585,984, the federal response centre said on Wednesday.

Moscow registered 2,307 new COVID-19 cases, followed by Saint Petersburg with 1,273 new cases and the Moscow region with 775 new cases, Sputnik reported.

The response centre reported 828 deaths related to the coronavirus, bringing the country’s cumulative coronavirus death toll to 313,015.

In the same period, 25,581 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total of recoveries to 9,600,728.