Russia records all-time high of daily COVID deaths; Brazil case count tops 19m

The total death toll has climbed to 142,253, TASS reported.

According to data from the crisis center, 2.47% of coronavirus patients have died in Russia.

Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 25,082 to 5,858,300 in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said.

The coronavirus growth rate was 0.44%.

In particular, 2,487 cases were confirmed in the Moscow region in the past day, 1,978 in St. Petersburg, 527 in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 423 in the Voronezh region, and 401 in the Krasnoyarsk region.

There are currently 433,210 active coronavirus cases in Russia.

Russia’s coronavirus recoveries rose by 17,750 to 5,182,837 in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center added.

According to data from the crisis center, 90% of coronavirus patients have recovered in Russia.

The total number of cases has reached 1,423,828.

Moscow’s coronavirus death toll increased by 108 to 23,538 in the past day, and recoveries rose by 7,035 to 1,221,766.

There are currently 178,524 active coronavirus cases in Moscow.

Brazil infections

Brazil registered 57,737 new COVID-19 cases and 1,509 new deaths in 24 hours, Health Ministry data showed on Friday, according to Reuters.

This means the total case count in Brazil has now exceeded 19 million, and the country has recorded 531,688 deaths.