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“#Russia posts record daily virus fatalities<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Russia on Thursday reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic, as a third wave persists despite an intensifying vaccination drive.<\/p>\n

A government tally reported 808 fatalities over the past 24 hours\u2014the first time Russia has crossed the 800-mark for daily virus deaths\u2014and 21,932 new infections. <\/p>\n

Russia, the fourth worst-hit country in the world in terms of cases, according to an AFP tally, has been swept with an unrelenting third wave since mid-June that has been driven by the Delta variant. <\/p>\n

Authorities have faced a vaccine-sceptic population, with a poll by the independent Levada Centre this week showing that 55 percent of Russians do not plan on getting a jab. <\/p>\n

Moscow, the epicentre of Russia’s outbreak, and a host of regions have introduced mandatory vaccination measures to speed up the country’s inoculation drive, and President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly called on Russians to get vaccinated. <\/p>\n

But as of Thursday, just 28.8 million of Russia’s some 146 million people had been fully vaccinated, according to the Gogov website, which tallies COVID data from the regions. <\/p>\n

With 168,049 deaths from the virus, Russia has the highest official COVID-19 toll in Europe\u2014even as authorities have been accused of downplaying the severity of the country’s outbreak.<\/p>\n

Under a broader definition for deaths linked to the coronavirus, statistics agency Rosstat said that Russia has seen more than 300,000 fatalities as of the end of June.\n <\/p>\n\n

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