In Russia, COVID-19 surge shows no signs of abating
ABC News
Daily coronavirus cases and deaths in Russia remain at all-time highs as more regions announced that residents needed to stay off work longer to tame an unrelenting surge of infections
MOSCOW -- Daily coronavirus cases and deaths in Russia remained at all-time highs Wednesday as more regions announced extending existing restrictions in an effort to tame the country's unrelenting surge of infections.
Russia's state coronavirus task force reported over 40,000 new confirmed cases from a day earlier, the most since the start of the pandemic. It was the fifth time in seven days that the country set a daily case record.
The task force also reported 1,189 deaths, another daily record.
Russia is five days into a nationwide non-working period that the government introduced to curb the spread of the virus. Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered many Russians to stay off work between Oct. 30 and Nov. 7. He authorized regional governments to extend the number of non-working days, if necessary.
