Moscow, December 19, 2021, SPA -- Russia has confirmed 27,967 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,214,790, Sputnik quoted the federal response center as saying on Sunday. The response center also reported 1,023 deaths relating to the coronavirus, bringing the country's death toll to 297,203. In the same 24 hours, 32,655 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total of recoveries to 8,984,921. --SPA 13:01 LOCAL TIME 10:01 GMT 0009 www.spa.gov.sa/w1667138