With an ongoing surge of COVID-19 activity, Russia's total is now the world's fifth highest, as cases soared in parts of Brazil, another pandemic hotspot.
And in another development, the World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that smoldering uncontained outbreaks in the first pandemic year in Africa could kill as many as 190,000 people.The global total today climbed to 3,815,561 cases, and 267,449 people have died from their illnesses, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.Russia's rise prompts lockdown extension in MoscowRussia reported another record-high daily total, with the 11,231 new cases pushing its total to 177,160, moving the country ahead of France and Germany.