Russia sets record daily tally of coronavirus deaths

A face mask hangs on a tree in Moscow, Russia (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

Russia is reporting a new daily high number of Covid-19 deaths, while the total number of coronavirus infections during the pandemic in the country has topped nine million.

The surge in daily deaths and infections that began in mid-September appeared to plateau over the past week, but the national coronavirus task force said Saturday that a record 1,241 people died from the virus over the past day, two more than the previous record reported on Wednesday.