COVIDcases

Russia registered 21,378 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 22,160 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,491,288, the federal response centre said on Tuesday.

More than 1,000 of the infections were in the greater Seoul area, which is home to half the country’s 51 million people.

South Korea has reported 826 new cases of the coronavirus, its biggest daily jump in about six months, as fears grow about another huge wave of the virus in the greater capital area.

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 30,362,848 on Wednesday, as 45,951 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours

Although Russia was among the first countries to announce and deploy a coronavirus vaccine, only about 14% of the population has received at least one shot.

There are still 552,659 active cases in the country as there was a fall of 20,335 during the past 24 hours.

This is the first time that the number of daily deaths has fallen to below 1,000-mark in nearly two and a half months

Still there are 643,194 active cases, as there was a decrease of 19,327 cases since Tuesday morning.