Russia Records 21,559 New Daily COVID-19 Cases

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The anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Tuesday that the COVID-19 case tally in Russia increased by 21,559 to 7,464,708 in the last day, TASS reports.

The growth rate of coronavirus in Russia was 0.29 percent. There are 623,692 active coronavirus cases in Russia right now.

The number of coronavirus deaths in Russia increased by 852 in the last day, compared to 779 the day before, reaching an all-time high since the outbreak began.

On September 24, the previous high of 828 coronavirus fatalities was set. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Russia has recorded a total of 205,531 deaths. The conditional death rate (which can only be established once the epidemic is over) remained at 2.75 percent, according to the crisis center.

In the last 24 hours, the number of people recovered from coronavirus in Russia has increased by 17,368 to 6,635,485.

According to the crisis center, the recovery rate remained at 88.9% of those affected.