MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported a record high of 21,798 new coronavirus infections on Monday, including 6,897 in the capital Moscow, bringing the national tally to 1,796,132.
Authorities also reported 256 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the official death toll to 30,793.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber; Editing by Louise Heavens)