Russia confirms 33,548 new COVID-19 cases

Russia registered 33,548 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 9,570,373, the official monitoring and response center said Sunday, reported Xinhua.

The nationwide death toll grew by 1,224 to 272,755, while the number of recoveries increased by 30,646 to 8,268,111.

Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 3,086 new cases, taking its total to 1,940,495. The Russian capital was followed by Saint Petersburg with 2,072 new cases.

Over 69.4 million Russian citizens had received at least one dose of a vaccine as of Friday and over 60.7 million of them had been fully vaccinated.

The level of herd immunity in the country stands at 51.8 percent, data released on Friday showed.