The number of Covid-19 deaths in Russia surpassed 50,000 as the country continues to fight stubbornly high numbers of new infections daily.
Russia's official coronavirus task force said that 585 people had died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the country's official death toll to 50,347. The country also recorded 28,209 new infections, bringing the national tally to 2,819,429, Reuters reported.
The authorities in Moscow, which reported 6,459 new coronavirus cases, said they raided bars that had been in violation of an order to remain closed between 11pm and 6am until January 15 to contain the virus.
