(ANSA) - MOSCOW, 21 JAN - In the last 24 hours in Russia, 21,887 new cases of Covid-19 and 612 people have died from the disease: the highest number of deaths in a day since 24 December. This was reported by the national anticoronavirus operating center.
The cities with the most new infections are Moscow, with 3,458 cases in one day, and St. Petersburg with 3,112. According to official data, since the beginning of the epidemic in Russia there have been 3,655,839 cases of Covid-19 and 67,832 deaths caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus. (HANDLE).