Booking fine in Russia, explosion near Kabul airport. Highlights of the day

New high in deaths from covid-19in RUSSIA, an explosion at the airport in Kabul, the Federal Antimonopoly Service began checking metallurgists and fined Booking, universities announced an additional enrollment, an explosion in a military unit in Kazakhstan. The main events are in the RBC review

Daily death rate from CORONAVIRUS in Russia sets a new record

Against the backdrop of a decrease in the daily number of new infections with coronavirus infection, mortality from COVID-19 set a new record since the beginning of the epidemic - 820 patients died per day. Most of the deaths from COVID-19 turned out to be in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Krasnodar Territory also entered the top three.

The previous maximum was recorded on August 14, when 819 people died from COVID-19 per day. The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in Russia, according to the operational headquarters, has reached 179.2 thousand. We are talking about cases where coronavirus infection has become the main cause of death. According to Rosstat, which also takes into account cases when COVID-19 led to fatal complications of another disease, 316.7 thousand people have died in the country since the beginning of the pandemic.

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