Russia's daily COVID-19 cases hit record high for fifth day running
- World
- Reuters
- Published Date: 11:56 | 25 January 2022
- Modified Date: 11:56 | 25 January 2022
Russia reported a record number of COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours on Tuesday as the Omicron variant of the virus spread across the country, the government coronavirus task force said.
New daily cases jumped to 67,809, from 65,109 a day earlier. The task force also reported 681 deaths.
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