On Friday, Russia reported 18,283 new COVID-19 infections and 355 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.
In total, Russia has reported 1,599,976 COVID-19 cases and 27,656 coronavirus related fatalities.
The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 9.2 million infections and 234,201 fatalities, although India follows closely behind with 8 million cases and 121,131 deaths. As for the third-highest case toll and death toll, Brazil follows with 5.4 million cases and 159,033 deaths, Russia with 1.5 million cases and 27,656 deaths, and France with 1.2 million cases and 36,020 coronavirus related deaths.
The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 45 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 1.3 million fatalities across 216 countries and territories.
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