Russia coronavirus update: Moscow's death toll rises by 73 to 8,082

Moscow has registered 73 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 8,082, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Another 73 patients, who were diagnosed with pneumonia and tested positive for the coronavirus infection, died in Moscow," the center said.

In the previous day, 76 people infected with the coronavirus died in Moscow.