A nurse prepares the vaccine Sputnik V against COVID-19 in the vaccination center in GUM department store in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 11, 2022. Russia registered 203,949 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase to date, taking the national tally to 13,731,794, the official monitoring and response center said Friday. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)
MOSCOW, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Russia registered 203,949 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase to date, taking the national tally to 13,731,794, the official monitoring and response center said Friday.
The country's nationwide death toll grew by 722 to 338,813, while the number of recoveries increased by 112,236 to 11,021,633.
Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 18,541 new cases, taking its total to 2,577,044.
The number of active cases in Russia rose to 2,371,348, while the mortality rate from COVID-19 infections dropped to 2.47 percent.
To date, Omicron variant infections have been detected in 84 out of Russia's 85 regions. ■
A man plays with his daughter before taking the vaccine Sputnik V against COVID-19 in the vaccination center in GUM department store in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 11, 2022. Russia registered 203,949 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase to date, taking the national tally to 13,731,794, the official monitoring and response center said Friday. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)
A man gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in the vaccination center at GUM department store in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 11, 2022. Russia registered 203,949 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase to date, taking the national tally to 13,731,794, the official monitoring and response center said Friday. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn)
A nurse prepares the vaccine Sputnik V against COVID-19 in the vaccination center in GUM department store in Moscow, Russia, Feb. 11, 2022. Russia registered 203,949 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day increase to date, taking the national tally to 13,731,794, the official monitoring and response center said Friday. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi)
