Russia's COVID-19 case tally passes 4.5 million mark

FILE PHOTO: Medical specialists wearing protective gear attend to a patient in the intensive care unit of the Vologda City Hospital Number 1, where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Vologda, Russia November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo

Russia's COVID-19 case total reached 4,501,859 on Friday after authorities reported 9,167 new infections nationwide in the last 24 hours, including 1,813 in Moscow.

The government coronavirus taskforce also said that 405 people had died in the last 24 hours, pushing its death toll to 97,017.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Maria Kiselyova)