Russia adds 28,776 COVID-19 cases

Mosdow, Dec 23 (IANS) Russia recorded 28,776 more COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from the record of 29,350 a day earlier, the country's COVID-19 response center said on Tuesday.The national tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 2,906,503, including 51,912 deaths and 2,319,520 recoveries, the center said.Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 7,237 new cases over the past day, taking the city's total caseload to 750,934, the Xinhua news agency reported.Over 86.7 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted across the country.Moscow has begun expanding the list of individuals eligible for vaccinations, while the rest of the country's regions are starting a roll-out of mass injection programs.
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