⁍ Russian authorities also reported 179 deaths in the last 24 hours.

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⁍ Moscow recorded 5,376 new infections on Monday.

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⁍ Russia has recorded 1,415,316 infections since the start of the pandemic.

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– Russia has seen 1,415,316 cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, making it the fourth-most-infected country in the world, after the US, India, and Brazil, Reuters reports. Yesterday saw a record daily high of 15,982 infections, according to Russian authorities, who also reported 179 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 24,366. Moscow, which has seen 5,376 new infections yesterday, has already opened temporary hospitals, ordered businesses to have at least 30% of staff working remotely, and introduced online learning for secondary school students, among other measures. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were signs last week that authorities were getting the outbreak under control and that he saw no need to impose tougher restrictions than those currently in place. “Extreme measures—the introduction of a curfew, a complete ban on movements across the city, a ban on entering and leaving (the city), and the shuttering of nearly all businesses—are absolutely unacceptable and impossible for us,’ Sobyanin wrote on his website. ‘The optimal strategy is to find a middle way between closing the city and dropping restrictions completely.’ Sobyanin added, however, that the city could impose further targeted restrictions to curb cases.