MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported a record 569 deaths linked to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the official death toll to 40,464.
Authorities also reported 26,402 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, including 6,524 in the capital Moscow, bringing the national cumulative tally to 2,322,056.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Andrew Heavens)