Russia confirms single-day record of 28,782 new COVID-19 cases

Russian police patrol Arbat Street in the center of Moscow, Russia, December 4, 2020. /VCG

Russia registered 28,782 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest number of daily infections to date, the country's COVID-19 response center said Saturday.

Authorities confirmed 508 deaths related to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 42,684.