Russia's Moscow registers 71 coronavirus deaths, pushing toll to 7,573

Moscow has registered 71 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 7,573, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Another 71 patients, who were diagnosed with pneumonia and tested positive for the coronavirus infection, died in Moscow," the center said.

In the previous day, 73 people infected with the coronavirus died in Moscow.