Officials reported a record 613 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the official death toll to 45,893, a total some critics call into question, pointing to the significantly elevated number of excess deaths during the pandemic. The Russian capital is set to become a major producer of Sputnik V and a plant producing around 10 million doses a month will open in several weeks, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. He said vaccinations would be made available for additional categories of people in Moscow from Monday, including sales, services and local administrative workers. Russia has already vaccinated more than 150,000 people, the head of the RDIF sovereign wealth fund said. Authorities also confirmed 28,585 new coronavirus infections nationally, including 7,215 in Moscow, pushing the national case total to 2,597,711.

Source: bd News24 December 11, 2020 12:45 UTC