MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s daily tally of coronavirus cases surged to a new record high of 15,982 on Monday, including 5,376 in the capital Moscow, pushing the national case total to 1,415,316 since the pandemic began.
Authorities reported 179 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 24,366.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov and Anastasia Teterevleva; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Alison Williams)
