Moscow, November 23, 2021, SPA -- Russia has confirmed 33,996 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 9,400,835, the federal response center said on Tuesday, according to Sputnik. The response center reported 1,243 deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the country's death toll to 266,579. In the same 24 hours, 36,051 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total to 8,089,694. --SPA 12:27 LOCAL TIME 09:27 GMT 0006 www.spa.gov.sa/w1654947