The death toll from confirmed coronavirus cases has risen by 72 in Moscow over the past 24 hours, the Russian capital’s anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters, Trend reports citing TASS.
"Seventy-two patients have passed away in Moscow. Their diagnoses of pneumonia were confirmed and they tested positive for coronavirus," the center informed.
The COVID-19 death toll has risen to 7,859 in Moscow.
Moscow remains the worst affected region in Russia. To date, the city recorded a total of 510,214 COVID-19 cases (of those, 6,271 were confirmed in the past 24 hours) and 367,613 recoveries.