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Number of COVID-19 infections in Russia surpasses 2.5 mln
MOSCOW, Dec 8, 2020 (BSS/TASS) – The number of confirmed COVID-19
infections in Russia over the past 24 hours has increased by 26,097, bringing
the total to 2,515,09, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told journalists on
Tuesday.
According to the crisis center, the relative daily growth decreased to 1%.
The lowest daily growth rates were registered in the Nenets Autonomous
Region, the Republic of Altai (0.4% each), the Republic of Dagestan, the
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region, (0.6% each).
Some 3,734 new cases over the past 24 hours were detected in St.
Petersburg, 1,341 – in the Moscow Region, 482 cases – in the Nizhny Novgorod
Region, 472 – in the Republic of Karelia, and 398 cases were detected in the
Arkhangelsk Region.
In all, currently 489,324 patients continue treatment in Russia.
BSS/TASS/FI/ 1455 hrs