Russia registers 33,740 daily COVID-19 cases, record daily deaths

Municipal employees wearing protective suits spray disinfectant at Leningradsky railway station in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 19, 2021. Russia confirmed 33,740 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 8,060,752, the official monitoring and response center said Tuesday. (Photo by Oleg Brusnikin/Xinhua)