Russia has reported 17,906 new Covid-19 cases, including a record 9,120 in Moscow, pushing the national infection tally up to 5,299,215 since the pandemic began, reports Reuters.

The government coronavirus task force has confirmed 466 coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 128,911.

The state statistics agency, which keeps separate figures, has said Russia has recorded around 270,000 deaths related to Covid-19 from April 2020 to April 2021.