Russia and Czech Republic report record numbers of new Covid-19 infections

Russia has the world’s fourth-largest number of confirmed cases and has reported more than 22,000 deaths

Medical workers wearing protective gear helps a man, suspected of having coronavirus out of an ambulance at a hospital in Kommunarka, outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Moscow authorities are extending school holidays by a week amid a surge of new coronavirus cases. Health officials on Tuesday reported over 8,000 new virus cases, with over 2,000 in Moscow, the highest daily number in the Russian capital since late May. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia has reported more than 12,000 new coronavirus infections, its highest daily increase since the start of the pandemic.

The government taskforce dealing with the outbreak said the 12,126 infections reported on Friday took the country’s total close to 1.3 million.