1:05 p.m .: Moscow records record number of daily infections
The city of Moscow on Thursday recorded a record number of new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, a sign of a wave that promises to be particularly strong with the highly contagious variant Omicron.
Russia, the most bereaved country in Europe by Covid-19, has recorded 38,850 new cases in the past 24 hours, a high figure without reaching the November record, according to government figures. On the other hand, the capital Moscow, epicenter of the epidemic in the country, recorded an absolute record on Thursday with 11,557 new cases. The previous high was from June 2021, at the height of the wave due to the Delta variant. These figures have risen sharply in recent days.
