Moscow, September 14, 2021, SPA -- Russia recorded 17,837 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 7,176,085, the federal response center said on Tuesday, according to Sputnik. The response center reported 781 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the country's death toll to 194,249. The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. To date, more than 225.24 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 4.63 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University. --SPA 16:03 LOCAL TIME 13:03 GMT 0021 www.spa.gov.sa/w1618064