Russia’s daily Covid deaths exceed 1,000 for first time

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of coronavirus leave a subway in Moscow (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Russia’s daily death toll from Covid-19 has exceeded 1,000 for the first time as the country faces a sustained wave of rising infections.

The national coronavirus task force on Saturday reported 1,002 deaths in the previous day, up from 999 on Friday, along with 33,208 new confirmed Covid-19 cases, more than 1,000 higher than the day before.