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Russia on Tuesday reported its worst death toll in a single day from covid-19, registering 852 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the country's coronavirus response center.
The previous all-time high was recorded four days ago, on September 24, when 828 deaths were counted.
There has been an increase in COVID-19 cases in various regions of Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian public health watchdog, said on Friday that only about 47 million Russians have received a dose of the vaccine.
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"We have, say, 110-115 million adults. Of those, about 47 million have received a dose. This is less than half [of Russia's adult population] ... So we have no reason to say today that [ infections] are going to stop, "Russia's state news agency TASS said, citing Popova.
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The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Russia since the start of the pandemic now stands at 205,531, according to official figures.
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As CNN previously reported, the actual death toll in the country is believed to be much higher due, in part, to the way Russia classifies coronavirus deaths.
In total, Russia has registered 7,464,708 cases of covid-19 throughout the country.
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