Russia's COVID tally nears 9.9 million

Over the past day, medical experts recorded 31,096 new cases of coronavirus infection in Russia, Report informs referring to Russian media.

The total number of registered cases in the country since the pandemic onset has reached 9,864,845.

To date, a total of 283,644 people died due to COVID-related health complications in Russia, including 1,182 deaths seen over the past day. The number of recoveries is 8,565,091.

Currently, there are 1,016,110 active cases in the country.

More than 266.8 million people globally have contracted the virus since the onset of the pandemic. The deadly pathogen has claimed over 5.28 million lives, though unable to cope with 240.47 million patients, who managed to recover.