<p>Russia registered a record daily number of new coronavirus infections on Friday, surpassing its previous high from May.</p>.<p>Officials reported 12,126 new infections, edging above the previous high of 11,656 on May 11 and bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,272,238 -- the fourth highest in the world.</p>.<p>Widespread restrictions were lifted after new cases began to drop in May, and officials have shown no sign of moving to reimpose such broad measures.</p>.<p>But the head of consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor described the situation as increasingly difficult and warned new measures could lie ahead.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>"Either we observe (restrictions) or we will have to introduce new measures," said Anna Popova.</p>.<p>Moscow -- the city with the highest number of cases by far -- reimposed some measures last month.</p>.<p>The capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered over-65s to stay at home and told employers to keep at least a third of their staff working from home.</p>.<p>Russia has confirmed 22,257 deaths since the start of the pandemic, but critics have accused officials of underreporting deaths to hide the severity of the situation.</p>
<p>Russia registered a record daily number of new coronavirus infections on Friday, surpassing its previous high from May.</p>.<p>Officials reported 12,126 new infections, edging above the previous high of 11,656 on May 11 and bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1,272,238 -- the fourth highest in the world.</p>.<p>Widespread restrictions were lifted after new cases began to drop in May, and officials have shown no sign of moving to reimpose such broad measures.</p>.<p>But the head of consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor described the situation as increasingly difficult and warned new measures could lie ahead.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>"Either we observe (restrictions) or we will have to introduce new measures," said Anna Popova.</p>.<p>Moscow -- the city with the highest number of cases by far -- reimposed some measures last month.</p>.<p>The capital's mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered over-65s to stay at home and told employers to keep at least a third of their staff working from home.</p>.<p>Russia has confirmed 22,257 deaths since the start of the pandemic, but critics have accused officials of underreporting deaths to hide the severity of the situation.</p>