MOSCOW, Aug 18 — Russia reported 20,914 new Covid-19 cases today, including 1,590 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 6,663,473.

The government coronavirus task force said 799 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 172,909.

The federal statistics agency has kept a separate count and has said Russia recorded around 315,000 deaths related to Covid-19 from April 2020 to June 2021. — Reuters