Russia’s daily COVID-19 deaths hit new record high

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Thursday reported 1,251 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, an all-time record high that follows a surge in cases.

The government coronavirus taskforce reported 37,374 nationwide infections, down from a peak of 41,335 recorded on Nov. 6.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)