People wearing face masks line up to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in a shopping mall in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 27, 2021. Russia has reported 36,582 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 8,352,601, the official monitoring and response center said on Wednesday. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)
MOSCOW, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia has reported 36,582 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 8,352,601, the official monitoring and response center said on Wednesday.
The nationwide death toll grew by 1,123, the highest daily rise since the start of the pandemic, to 233,898. The number of recoveries increased by 29,151 to 7,242,735.
Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 5,789 new cases, taking its total to 1,786,570.
According to official data, about 53.5 million Russian citizens had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of Friday and around 49 million had been fully vaccinated. Enditem
