Covid today Russia, new record of deaths: 1,178 in 24 hours

New record of 1,178 deaths from covid-19 in Russia, the highest since the start of the pandemic. The local health authorities report this by updating the total deaths from complications attributable to Covid-19 to 240,871, even if according to independent investigations the real number of victims would exceed 660 thousand. There are also 39,008 new infections in the last 24 hours, which update the total number of cases in the country to 8,593,200. Moscow is the most affected city with 5,763 cases and 98 deaths in the last 24 hours, followed by St. Petersburg with 3,066 positives and 83 deaths. From October 30 to November 7, non-essential workers were placed on paid holidays by the Russian government to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus.