Russia: more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases for fourth straight day

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow. Photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov.
The total death toll in Russia is also raising nationwide.

The number of new coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 10,559 over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 165,929, the coronavirus crisis response centre said on Wednesday.

It was the fourth consecutive day that cases had risen by more than 10,000.

It also reported 86 new fatalities from COVID-19, bringing the total death toll in Russia to 1,537.