Moscow, August 25, 2021, SPA -- Russia on Wednesday reported 809 coronavirus-related deaths, close to a record one-day high set earlier this month amid a surge of cases blamed on the Delta variant, according to Reuters. The government's coronavirus task force also reported 19,536 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The total number of infections has reached 6,804,910 cases. --SPA 13:53 LOCAL TIME 10:53 GMT 0012 www.spa.gov.sa/w1609225