MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported 19,454 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the first time the daily tally has dipped below 20,000 since June 23 as authorities blamed a case surge on the infectious Delta variant.
The government coronavirus task force also reported 776 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours nationwide.
(Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy and Maxim Rodionov; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Catherine Evans)
