Moscow, August 18, 2021, SPA -- Russia reported 20,914 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 1,590 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 6,663,473. The government coronavirus task force said 799 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 172,909, according to Reuters. --SPA 13:30 LOCAL TIME 10:30 GMT 0013 www.spa.gov.sa/w1604112