MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s daily COVID-19 cases surged to 88,816 on Thursday, a new record high for the seventh consecutive day as the Omicron variant was identified in new regions, officials said.
The number of new infections was a significant jump from the 74,692 reported on Wednesday. Officials also said that 665 people had died in the last 24 hours.
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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