Russia Records Largest Daily Infection With Covid-19 in 2021

Russia announced 27,550 new cases of Covid-19 disease on Thursday, the highest number of daily infections recorded this year, amid an outbreak that prompted officials to urge people to receive vaccinations.

The government task force concerned with combating the Coronavirus said that it recorded 924 deaths related to Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, approaching the highest daily death toll recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.