Moscow, December 8, 2021, SPA -- Russia has confirmed 30,752 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 9,895,597, the federal response center said on Wednesday according to Sputnik. The response center also reported 1,179 deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the country's death toll to 284,823. In the same 24 hours, 36,976 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total of recoveries to 8,602,067. --SPA 12:37 LOCAL TIME 09:37 GMT 0007 www.spa.gov.sa/w1661903