Russia records 8,702 new COVID-19 cases

MOSCOW, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Russia confirmed 8,702 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 4,641,390, the official monitoring and response center said Sunday.

The national COVID-19 death toll rose by 337 to 102,986 in the past day, while the number of recoveries grew by 7,230 to 4,265,509.

Meanwhile, Moscow, Russia's worst-hit region, reported 2,090 new cases, taking its total to 1,048,316.

More than 123.7 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted across the country.