MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported 19,404 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, close to a record high that included 5,255 infections in Moscow and took the national tally to 1,712,858.
Authorities also reported 292 virus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 29,509.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Maria Kiselyova)