⁍ Russia reported 16,710 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, including 4,455 in Moscow.
⁍ Authorities said 229 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 26,050.
– A 19-year-old Russian woman infected with a new strain of coronavirus has become the first person in Russia to die from the disease, which has killed 26,050 across the country and infected 1,513,877 since the virus first appeared in April, Reuters reports. The woman, whose name has not been released, had recently traveled to Mexico, where the disease is more common, and was hospitalized in the city of Saint-Petersburg on Friday. She is in stable condition, according to Russian authorities.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russias-new-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-16710-idUSR4N2FT041