Russia confirmed 10,559 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 165,929, APA's Moscow correspondent reports.
Russia now has the world's second-fastest rate of new infections behind the United States. It is the seventh most-affected country in terms of infections, having surpassed China, Turkey, and Iran last week.
Eighty-six people died over the past 24 hours, bringing the total toll to 1,537.