18 Dec 2020 in 15:30
The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Russia over the past 24 hours has increased by 28,552, bringing the total to 2,791,220, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said.
According to the crisis center, since the beginning of the pandemic 1.9% of Russia’s population have been infected.
The lowest daily growth rates were registered in the Nenets Autonomous Region (0.5%), the Republic of Tuva, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region and the Republic of Mari El (0.6% each).
Some 3,757 new cases over the past 24 hours have been detected in St. Petersburg, 1,485 - in the Moscow Region, 503 - in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, 402 - in the Sverdlovsk Region and 393 - in the Arkhangelsk Region.