Moscow, December 21, 2021, SPA -- Russia has confirmed 25,907 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 10,267,719, Sputnik quoted the federal response center as saying on Tuesday. The response center also reported 1,027 deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the country's death toll to 299,249. In the same 24 hours, 40,219 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total of recoveries to 9,055,199. --SPA 14:18 LOCAL TIME 11:18 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w1668193