Russia reports 24,715 new Covid-19 cases

Moscow, Jan 16 : Russia recorded 24,715 more Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, roughly the same as in the previous day, the country's Covid-19 response center said.

The national tally has thus increased to 3,520,531 with 64,495 deaths and 2,909,680 recoveries, the center said on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.

Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 5,534 new cases, taking the city's total to 882,962.

More than 95.6 million Covid-19 tests have been conducted across the country.

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Source: IANS