Russia's COVID-19 deaths hit new pandemic high
MOSCOW, June 30 (Reuters) - Russia reported 669 coronavirus-related deaths nationwide on Wednesday, the most confirmed in a single day since the pandemic began, amid a surge in cases that authorities blame on the Delta variant.
The government coronavirus taskforce also confirmed 21,042 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, including 5,823 in Moscow. That pushed the national case total to 5,514,599 since the start of the outbreak. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Maria Kiselyova)
