Russia reports biggest one-day COVID-19 case tally of 2021

Russian medical worker prepares a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Simferopol, Crimea, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP)

• Russia boasted last year of being first in the world to authorize a coronavirus vaccine

MOSCOW: Russia reported 27,550 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the biggest one-day tally it has recorded this year, amid a wave of infections that has pushed officials to urge people to get vaccinated.
The government coronavirus task force also said that 924 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the last 24 hours, close to a record one-day toll.