A participant competes during the Moscow Marathon in Moscow, Russia on Sept. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn)
Russia has been witnessing a rise in daily infections since Sept. 13, including in Moscow.
MOSCOW, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Russia has registered 6,196 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 1,109,595, the country's COVID-19 response center said in a statement Monday.
Meanwhile, 71 new deaths were reported, taking the death toll to 19,489, it said.
Moscow, the worst hit part of Russia, reported 915 new cases, bringing its tally of infections to 277,408.
Russia has been witnessing a rise in daily infections since Sept. 13, including in Moscow. The center said the rise has resulted mainly from the fact that the capital city has been carrying out more tests, with more efficient detection rates.
According to the statement, 911,973 patients have recovered so far across the country, including 2,616 over the past day.
As of Sunday, 242,287 people were still under medical observation, while over 43.1 million tests have been conducted in Russia, the center said. ■
