Russia’s new COVID cases above 6,000 for second day in a row

Above, an employee demonstrating a vial with “Gam-COVID-Vac” vaccine against the coronavirus disease during its production at Binnopharm pharmaceutical company in Zelenograd near Moscow on Aug 7, 2020. (Russian Direct Investment Fund via Reuters)

• The country’s coronavirus crisis center said 79 people had died of the disease in the last 24 hours

MOSCOW: Russia reported 6,148 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the second straight day when the daily number of cases exceeded 6,000, taking the national tally of infections to 1,103,399.
The country’s coronavirus crisis center said 79 people had died of the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the Russian death toll to 19,418.