Russia adds 36,970 Covid-19 cases

Weekly Voice editorial staff
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Moscow, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker prepares COVID-19 vaccine injection at a state clinic in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 30, 2020. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua/)

Russia has confirmed 36,970 Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 9,331,158, the official Monitoring and Response Center said on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the national Covid-19 death toll grew by 1,252 to 264,095, while the number of recoveries increased by 32,504 to 8,024,930, Xinhua news agency reported.

Moscow, Russia’s worst-hit region, reported 3,438 new cases over the past 24 hours, taking its total to 1,918,633.

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Confirmed cases in Russia over the past seven days declined by 5.5 percent from a week ago, with Moscow seeing an even sharper drop of about 30 percent, the center said.

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