Moscow, Aug 14, 2021, SPA -- Russia reported a new record of 819 daily COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, bringing the total during the pandemic to 169,683. The Russian coronavirus task force also said it had confirmed 22,144 new infections in the past 24 hours, taking the national tally of cases to 6,579,212, Reuters reported. --SPA 14:12 LOCAL TIME 11:12 GMT 0020 www.spa.gov.sa/w1600529