Russia sees record increase in daily COVID-19 infections

Russia registered a record daily increase of 18,665 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the country's COVID-19 response center said.

Russia has by now reported a total of 1,636,781 cases with 28,235 deaths and 1,225,673 recoveries, the center said in a statement on Sunday, Xinhua news agency reported.

Moscow, the capital city, has seen a spike in infections, tallying 5,261 more cases to bring the citywide count to 429,409.

Russia, like many other European countries, has been witnessing a surge in cases since the start of fall.