Russia registered 39,008 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 8,593,200, the federal response center said on Tuesday according to Sputnik. Moscow has the highest number of new cases with 5,736 infections. The response center reported a new record of 1,178 deaths linked to the coronavirus, bringing the country's death toll to 240,871. In the same 24 hours, 30,905 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals across the country, bringing the total to 7,412,631.