Russia marks another daily deaths record as infections soar

GUM State Department store in Moscow is emptied as most stores inside were closed to visitors due to coronavirus (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russia has recorded another record of daily coronavirus deaths as authorities try to stem the spread of Covid-19 by keeping most people off work.

The government’s coronavirus task force has reported 1,163 deaths in 24 hours, the largest daily number since the pandemic began. The latest deaths brought the total toll to 236,220, by far the highest in Europe.