Russia is reporting a record high number of coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths as the country approaches a week of nonworking days aimed at stemming the sharp surge in cases.
The national coronavirus task force said Saturday that 1,075 people had died from the virus in the past day and that 37,678 new infections were tallied -- the largest single-day numbers of the pandemic.
Only about one-third of Russia's 146 million people have been vaccinated, frustrating officials and placing a strain on the country's health-care system. Overall, Russia has recorded about 8.2 million cases of coronavirus infection and 229,528 deaths, according to the task force. Russia was the first country in the world to authorize a coronavirus vaccine, launching Sputnik V in August 2020, and has plentiful supplies. But uptake has been slow, blamed in part on conflicting signals from authorities.
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