COVID-19: Russia reports over 10,000 daily cases for second day

Russia reported 10,581 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 145,268.

This is the second day in a row that new coronavirus cases in the country cross the 10,000 mark.

The nationwide death toll rose to 1,356 after 76 people died in the last 24 hours.

Nearly 4.3 million nucleic acid tests have been carried out in the country.