#Russia on Wednesday reported more than 900 daily #coronavirus deaths for the first time, as the country struggles with stubbornly high infection rates driven by the #DeltaVariant and low vaccination take-up. A government tally recorded 929 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, Russia's highest daily virus death toll since the outbreak of the pandemic.

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