Russia Reports 22,934 New Coronavirus Cases
Saudi Press Agency
Tuesday 1442/5/28 - 2021/01/12
Moscow, January 12, 2021, SPA -- Russia reported 22,934 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 5,001 in Moscow, taking the national tally - the world's fourth highest - to 3,448,203, Reuters reported.
Authorities said 531 people had died from the virus in the last 24 hours, pushing Russia's official death toll to 62,804.
Russia has extended a ban on flights to and from Britain until the end of Feb. 1 due to the new coronavirus variant detected in the UK, Russia's coronavirus taskforce said on Tuesday.
Russia, which has already reported a case of the more infectious coronavirus variant, has had the flight ban in place since Dec. 22.
--SPA
11:34 LOCAL TIME 08:34 GMT
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