Russia confirmed 15,982 new Covid-19 cases Monday, bringing its official number of cases to 1,415,316 and breaking the country’s record for new infections.
The latest one-day record comes as Russia for the first time since the start of the pandemic confirmed more than 100,000 Covid-19 cases within a week.
Russia’s national coronavirus information center said that more than one-quarter of the new cases are asymptomatic.
A total of 179 people have died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. Russia’s official death toll stands at 24,366.
Moscow confirmed 5,376 infections Monday, its highest number of daily cases since recording 5,392 on May 12.
The city remains the epicenter of Russia’s Covid-19 outbreak with 367,629 confirmed infections.
Starting Monday, the Moscow metro began enforcing mask and glove mandates, while nighttime establishments will begin scanning visitors’ QR codes to control the spread of Covid-19.
Moscow City Hall has suggested that it could expand the QR codes to restaurants, retail stores and beauty salons if the experiment with clubs and bars proves successful.
Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has meanwhile ruled out curfews, entry and movement bans and business closures as “absolutely unacceptable and impossible.”
Russia Sets Single-Day Record for New Coronavirus Cases, Deaths
Russia has set a new record for coronavirus deaths and cases, nearing 14,000 infections for the third time in a week, according to the national coronavirus information center.
Russia confirmed 13,868 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday, bringing its official number of cases to 1,326,178 and setting a new record for daily infections.
The information center also confirmed 244 deaths caused by Covid-19, the highest count since the start of the pandemic.
Russia’s previous highest number of fatalities stood at 232 people on May 29.
Nearly 23,000 people have died from Covid-19, a figure that Russia’s state statistics agency that publishes monthly data says is at least half the real number of fatalities.
Moscow, the epicenter of Russia’s Covid-19 outbreak with 4,618 new confirmed infections, has also recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases since mid-May.
Russia has seen its daily caseload double over the past month. Officials in around 35 out of 85 regions have instituted various restrictions in an attempt to slow the spread of the infection.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described the city’s restrictions as “light” and urged residents to continue to take precautions before the rollout of a coronavirus vaccine.
