Corona Update: One of the developed country Russia registered 22,320 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 22,660 the day before, bringing the overall tally to 6,424,884, as per the data from the Russian govt. "Over the past day, 22,320 COVID-19 cases were confirmed across 85 Russian regions, including 1,876 cases (8.4%) without clinical symptoms," the Russian govt said, adding that the rate of increase stands at 0.35%.

Moscow has the highest number of new cases with 2,235 daily infections, down from 2,583 the day before. The Russian capital was followed by St. Petersburg with 1,904 cases, down from 1,909, and the Moscow region with 1,455 cases, up from 1,394. The response centre reported 793 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, up from 792 the day before, raising the country's total death toll to 164,094. In the last 24 hours, 19,485 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, down from 20,141 the day before, bringing the total to 5,739,838.

Talking about India, it reported 38,628 new Covid cases, a drop of nearly 13 per cent from yesterday's 44,643 cases. The positivity rate stands at 2.21 per cent, less than 3 percent for the last 12 days. With India crossing the 50-crore mark on Friday in the number of Covid vaccine doses administered, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country's fight against the pandemic has received a "strong impetus". Also, the weekly positivity rate, which is currently at 2.39 per cent, remained below 5 percent.

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