russia 12,126 new infections: Russia experiences worst-ever day for Covid-19 cases, beating record from height of spring lockdown In the past 24-hour period, Russia has surpassed its previous record for the most recorded Covid-19 cases recorded in a day. The old peak was reached back in mid-May, while the country was in lockdown. The latest figure of 12,126 brings the overall number of infections across the country to 1,272,238 and, of the cases recorded on Thursday, the worst-affected regions were the country's two biggest cities, Moscow (3,701) and St. Petersburg (469). The capital has been hit hardest of all Russian regions, and was the site of the first known pair of cases of the disease, on January 31. Despite having around 10 percent of the country’s population, a quarter (321,812) of the entire country’s confirmed infections have been found in Moscow.

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