The government coronavirus task force said 379 people had died in the past 24 hours MOSCOW: Russia reported 8,164 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 1,996 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 4,718,854. The government coronavirus task force said 379 people had died in the past 24 hours, pushing its total death toll to 106,307. The federal statistics agency has kept a separate count and has reported a much higher toll of more than 225,000 from April 2020 to February.