(News 1st); Russia has reported the highest number of COVID-19 infections in the world in the past 24 hours.

The number of such identified cases is 203,766.

Accordingly, the total number of COVID-19 infections in Russia has increased to 39 million 35,560.

According to foreign media reports, in the past 24 hours, 739 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Russia.

The country has been gripped by a surge in cases since the start of the year, fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

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