Russia reports 26,190 new coronavirus cases, 559 deaths

FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist wearing protective gear enters City Polyclinic Number 3, where Russia's "Sputnik V" vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is being tested in Moscow November 28, 2020. Picture taken November 28, 2020. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

Russia on Wednesday reported 26,190 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, including 5,145 in Moscow, taking the national total to 2,541,199 since the pandemic began.

Authorities said 559 had died in the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 44,718.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Alex Richardson)