MOSCOW, January 07, 2022, SPA --Russia has confirmed 16,735 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which brings the cumulative total to 10,618,035, the federal response center said on Friday according to Russian News Agency Sputnik. As many as 787 coronavirus patients have died in Russia in the past 24 hours bringing the country's cumulative coronavirus death toll in the country to 314,604. In the same period, 22,035 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total of recoveries to 9,645,712, according to the response center. --SPA 16:35 LOCAL TIME 13:35 GMT 0010 www.spa.gov.sa/w1675047