MOSCOW, December 4. /TASS/. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 32,974 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected to 9,769,011, the federal anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Saturday.

The increase in new cases totaled 0.34% in relative terms.

Particularly, 2,528 new coronavirus cases were registered in St. Petersburg in the past 24 hours, 2,075 in the Moscow Region, 887 in the Samara Region, 840 in the Krasnodar Region, 739 - in the Voronezh Region.

The number of active cases currently stands at 1,017,126 in Russia.

The number of fatalities related to the coronavirus increased by 1,215 in Russia in the past 24 hours compared to 1,217 on the previous day, bringing the total number of coronavirus deaths in the country to 280,072, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Saturday.

The provisional lethality of the disease (the final one can be determined only after the end of the pandemic) rose to 2.87%, according to the crisis center.

Particularly, 57 deaths were recorded in St. Petersburg in the reporting period, 55 - in the Moscow Region, 42 - in the Krasnodar Region, 37 - in each of the Voronezh, Volgograd and Nizhny Novgorod regions.

As many as 35,182 coronavirus patients recovered in Russia over the past day, while the total number of recoveries has reached 8,471,813, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Saturday.

The share of recoveries stands at 86.7% of the total number of infected, according to the crisis center.

Situation in Moscow

The number of coronavirus cases in Moscow grew by 3,356 in the past 24 hours compared to 3,304 on the previous day to 1,959,939, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Saturday.

In relative terms Moscow’s coronavirus cases gained 0.17%.

The number of coronavirus-related deaths increased by 93 in the reporting period in Moscow compared to 95 on the previous day. The total number of fatalities in Russia’s biggest city currently stands at 34,576, according to the report.

The number of recoveries went up by 3,718 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 1,787,034. Currently 138,329 people are receiving treatment in the capital.