Record 929 Covid Deaths In Russia Today
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Russia has seen cases climb since August driven by the contagious Delta variant and a sluggish vaccinations drive.
Russia reported a record-high number of daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesday as the country struggles with stubbornly high infection rates and regions beyond Moscow cautiously bring back pandemic restrictions.
The world's fifth worst-hit country with more than 7.5 million infections, Russia has seen cases climb since August driven by the contagious Delta variant and a sluggish vaccinations drive.
A government tally recorded 929 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, Russia's highest daily virus death count since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Several Russia-made jabs have been available for months, but authorities have struggled to encourage its vaccine-sceptic population to get inoculated.
