Russia’s COVID-19 weekly case tally drops for the first time since summer
MOSCOW, January 17. /TASS/: Russia’s COVID-19 weekly case tally slightly exceeded the previous week’s figures, however, the number of active cases declined for the first time since the summer, according to TASS estimates based on the anti-coronavirus crisis center’s data.
On January 11-17, the crisis center reported 166,255 new COVID-19 cases, only 0.7% more than the week before, when 165,167 cases were confirmed.
A total of 181,542 coronavirus patients recovered, which is almost 13.5% more than the previous week.