Russia reports a whopping figure of 27,743 fresh Covid-19 cases over past 24 hours: Response center

S Sahoo December 17, 2021

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Moscow, Dec 17: Amid rising scare of Omicron variant, Russia has confirmed 27,743 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,159,389, the federal response center said on Friday.
“Over the past 24 hours, 27,743 Covid 19 cases have been confirmed in 85 regions in Russia, including 2,106 cases (7.6 per cent) without clinical symptoms,” the center said, adding that the rate of increase stands at 0.27 per cent.
Moscow registered 2,755 new Covid 19 cases over the given period, followed by Saint Petersburg with 1,984 new cases, and the Moscow region with 1,452 new cases.
The response center also reported 1,080 deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the country’s death toll to 295,104.
In the same 24 hours, 37,437 Covid 19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total of recoveries to 8,914,225.