MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s daily tally of new coronavirus cases rose to its highest since May 12 on Monday as authorities reported 10,888 new infections nationwide, including 3,537 in Moscow.
Authorities said 117 people had died overnight, pushing the official death toll to 21,475. The total number of cases registered since the beginning of the outbreak stands at 1,225,889, they said.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Hugh Lawson)