Russia confirms 170,699 new cases of Covid-19 in past 24 hours

On Saturday, the country registered 179,147 new daily infections.

Saint Petersburg logged the highest tally of 16,599 new infections in the past 24 hours, followed by the Krasnoyarsk region with 6,703 new cases, and Moscow with 6,388. 

Over the past 24 hours, 745 deaths of patients with Covid-19 have been confirmed, bringing the country's total coronavirus death toll to 345,500. In the same period, 147,296 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total of recoveries to 12,365,238, according to the response center.