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Moscow overcomes COVID-19 peak - mayor

11 July 2021 14:32 (UTC +04:00)

Moscow has overcome peak numbers of COVID-19 cases and sees stabilization and a slight decline in the incidence, the Russian capital’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in an interview with the Rossiya-1 TV channel on Sunday, APA reports citing TASS.

"Moscow is certainly going through a challenging time. Thank God, we have overcome the peak numbers and now some stabilization is observed and even a slight decline in the incidence rate," Sobyanin said.

Moscow is ranked first in Russia in terms of COVID-19 cases. To date, as many as 1,423,828 COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the city, including 5,694 over the past day. As many as 1,221,766 people have recovered and 23,538 others have died.