Russia has registered 10,899 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours (11,656 yesterday), with the total count now reaching 232,243, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting the national coronavirus response centre on Tuesday.

"Over the past 24 hours, 10,899 COVID-19 cases have been registered in 83 regions. Of these, 4,704 (or 43.1 per cent) have been detected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms," the centre said in a statement.

This brings the total tally to 232,243 (+4.9 per cent) in 85 regions across Russia.

Of all the new cases, 5,392 have been registered in Moscow, 1,063 in Moscow region and 354 in Nizhny Novgorod region (compared to yesterday's 6,169, 1,079 and 291, respectively)

The country's COVID-19 death toll has increased by 107 (94 yesterday) to 2,116.

As many as 3,711 COVID-19 patients have recovered in Russia over the past 24 hours (5,495 yesterday), bringing the total number of cured people to 43,512. - BERNAMA