Moscow, October 19, 2021, SPA -- Russia reported a record daily number of coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, Reuters reported. Russia's COVID-19 task force reported 1,015 coronavirus-related deaths, the highest single-day toll since the start of the pandemic, as well as 33,740 new infections in the past 24 hours. --SPA 11:57 LOCAL TIME 08:57 GMT 0008 www.spa.gov.sa/w1637072